EMINENCE

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height. Without either eminences or cavities. Dryden. The temple of honor ought to be seated on an eminence. Burke.

2.
n.

An elevated condition among men; a place or station above men in general, either in rank, office, or celebrity; social or moral loftiness; high rank; distinction; preferment. Milton. You 've too a woman's heart, which ever yet Affected eminence, wealth, sovereignty. Shak.

3.
n.

A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.


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