eminence
high station, rank, or repute: philosophers of eminence.
a high place or part; a hill or elevation; height.
(initial capital letter)Roman Catholic Church. a title of honor, applied to cardinals (usually preceded by His or Your).
Anatomy. an elevation or projection, especially on a bone.
Origin of eminence
1- Sometimes em·i·nen·cy [em-uh-nuhn-see] /ˈɛm ə nən si/ .
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How to use eminence in a sentence
Now given his eminence in ancient times, it doesn’t come as a surprise that the Roman identified him with one of their own syncretic Greco-Roman deities – Apollo, the archetype of the youthful god of light.
15 Powerful Ancient Celtic Gods and Goddesses | Dattatreya Mandal | June 24, 2022 | Realm of HistoryIn other words, Svarog could have been venerated as a creator deity, whose eminence was probably reduced with the passage of time.
The Most Enigmatic Slavic Gods and Goddesses | Dattatreya Mandal | March 13, 2022 | Realm of HistoryPerhaps Saturday’s weather might not have achieved equal eminence, but it did score high for mildness and for overcast.
Saturday was warm and overcast in morning and evening | Martin Weil | December 19, 2021 | Washington PostHe opens his treatise, Nicomachean Ethics, by reviewing the various contenders for the good life — pleasure, honor, wealth, health or eminence — eventually arriving at “eudaimonia,” essentially human flourishing.
Perspective-changing experiences, good or bad, can lead to richer lives | Sujata Gupta | September 1, 2021 | Science NewsHe sounded like neither the directorial eminence revered for his chronicles of gangsters, rockers and New York after dark, nor like good ol’ Marty, universally beloved champion of film preservation and benefactor to auteurs the world over.
In Pretend It’s a City, Martin Scorsese Shares the Pleasure of Fran Lebowitz’s Company | Judy Berman | January 8, 2021 | Time
“He was very bitter,” says longtime Granite State Republican eminence and former state attorney general Tom Rath.
Sen. Bob Smith: The Thing That Wouldn’t Leave | Michelle Cottle | December 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe eminence was asked, the next morning, “Well, you've met the young Yeats— what did you think of him?”
Or, in the case of Bob Dole, they retired to a sort of a bipartisan eminence and were mostly forgotten.
Ghost of Mitt Romney, Hanging Around Since November, to Appear at CPAC | David Freedlander | February 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTayoun served almost three years, but remained an eminence on the Philadelphia political scene.
Jill Kelley’s Campaign to Befriend Petraeus, Allen, and Other Top Brass | Michael Daly | November 14, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST“Mr. de la Renta is far more a hot dog than an eminence grise of American fashion” Horyn wrote in her review.
Oscar de la Renta's Feud with Cathy Horyn, The Man Repeller's Empire Expands | The Daily Beast | September 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAll parties have borne testimony to the value of his services, and the eminence of his talents.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellHe who has attained it grows giddy, and the fiercest winds are summoned to blow him from his eminence.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterHe was the son of a miller, and raised himself to eminence by his great talent and genius as a painter.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellThere was another theory promulgated many years back by certain people of some degree of eminence in their own walk in life.
Antonio Stradivari | Horace William PetherickWe did not perceive the little town until we had surmounted the last eminence and were in its immediate vicinity.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida Pfeiffer
British Dictionary definitions for eminence (1 of 2)
/ (ˈɛmɪnəns) /
a position of superiority, distinction, high rank, or fame
a high or raised piece of ground
anatomy a projection of an organ or part
Origin of eminence
1- Also called: eminency
British Dictionary definitions for Eminence (2 of 2)
Eminency
/ (ˈɛmɪnəns) /
(preceded by Your or His) a title used to address or refer to a cardinal
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