eminence
/ˈɛmɪnəns/
eminence noun: someone of high rank, reputation or social status.
Noun
eminence (countable and uncountable, plural eminences)
- Someone of high rank, reputation or social status.
- The quality or state of being eminent.
- Prominence in a particular order or accumulation; esteem.
- An elevated land area or a hill.
- From the summit of an eminence I had already had a distant view of Osbaldistone Hall, a large and antiquated edifice, peeping out from a Druidical grove of huge oaks [...].1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy
- We stopped for a moment at the golf course to chat with members of the Consular staff, and then drove on to the Consulate, which was set upon an eminence, above evidences of landscape-gardening; a sweep of lawns, with coarse, whitened grass; flower-beds in which larkspur and nasturtiums fought...1952, Norman Lewis, Golden Earth
- A protuberance.
- A dark purple color.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:eminence.
Proper noun capitalized: Eminence
Eminence
- An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Indiana, United States.
- A ghost town in Finney County, Kansas, United States.
- A home rule city in Henry County, Kentucky, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Shannon County, Missouri, United States.
eminence meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
eminence in Hindi
- eminence
- उंचाई uñcāī
eminence in Tamil
- உயர்நிலை, உயர்வு, சிறப்பு, மேம்பாடு, உன்னதம்
eminence in Urdu
- eminence, greatness, mastery
- فضیلت fazīlat
- eminence
- اونچائی ū̃cāī, انچائی uñcāī
eminence in Malayalam
- ഔന്നത്യം, ശ്രേഷ്ഠത, ഉയർച്ച
More languagesFewer languages
- eminence in Kannada
- ಪೆಮ್ಪು, ಪೆಂಪು, ಪೆಣ್ಪು, ಹೆಮ್ಪು
- eminence in Punjabi
- ਗੌਰਵ gaurav
- eminence in Sanskrit
- प्रतिष्ठा pratiṣṭhā́, प्रशस्ति práśasti
Synonyms of eminence
Antonyms
Forms of eminence
| plural | eminences |
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Origin of eminence
From Old French eminence, from Latin ēminentia (“prominence”, “protuberance”; “eminence”, “excellence”).
Words formed from eminence
- eminectomy
- eminence grise
- title of honor for a Roman Catholic cardinal
- frontal eminence
- gray eminence
- grey eminence
- hypothenar eminence
- ileocecal eminence
- median eminence
- preeminence
Phrases with eminence
Questions about eminence
- What does eminence mean?
- Eminence means someone of high rank, reputation or social status.
- What is eminence in Hindi?
- Eminence in Hindi is उंचाई (uñcāī). See Eminence meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is eminence?
- Eminence can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce eminence?
- Eminence is pronounced /ˈɛmɪnəns/.
- What is the plural of eminence?
- The plural of eminence is eminences.
Words near eminence in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: eminence (page history and authors); Eminence (page history and authors); उंचाई (Hindi) (page history and authors); eminence (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); انچائی (Urdu) (page history and authors); eminence (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); eminence (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਗੌਰਵ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); प्रतिष्ठा (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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