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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :   [ gazetteer ]

  Eminence, KY (city, FIPS 24904)
    Location: 38.36538 N, 85.17432 W
    Population (1990): 2055 (925 housing units)
    Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 40019
  Eminence, MO (city, FIPS 22276)
    Location: 37.14627 N, 91.35853 W
    Population (1990): 582 (303 housing units)
    Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 65466

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Eminence \Em"i*nence\, n. [L. eminentia, fr. eminens eminent:
     cf. F. ['e]minence.]
     1. That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a
        height.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Without either eminences or cavities. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The temple of honor ought to be seated on an
              eminence.                             --Burke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              You 've too a woman's heart, which ever yet
              Affected eminence, wealth, sovereignty. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the
        Roman Catholic Church.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Eminence \Em"i*nence\, n. [L. eminentia, fr. eminens eminent:
     cf. F. ['e]minence.]
     1. 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. 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. A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the
        Roman Catholic Church.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  eminence
       n 1: high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a
            scholar of great eminence" [syn: distinction, preeminence,
             note]
       2: a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a
          muscle or ligament [syn: tuberosity, tubercle]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  eminence
     n.
     1 Someone of high rank, reputation or social status.
     2 The quality or state of being eminent.
     3 prominence in a particular order or accumulation; esteem.
     4 (lb en geology) An elevated land area or a hill.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Eminence
     n.
     1 (place en unincorporated community co/Morgan County s/Indiana
  c/USA).
     2 (place en ghost town co/Finney County s/Kansas c/USA).
     3 (place en home rule city co/Henry County s/Kentucky c/USA).
     4 (place en city/county seat co/Shannon County s/Missouri c/USA).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  eminence
     n.
     1 Someone of high rank, reputation or social status.
     2 The quality or state of being eminent.
     3 prominence in a particular order or accumulation; esteem.
     4 (lb en geology) An elevated land area or a hill.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Eminence
     n.
     1 (place en unincorporated community co/Morgan County s/Indiana
  c/USA).
     2 (place en ghost town co/Finney County s/Kansas c/USA).
     3 (place en home rule city co/Henry County s/Kentucky c/USA).
     4 (place en city/county seat co/Shannon County s/Missouri c/USA).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  eminence
     n.
     1 Someone of high rank, reputation or social status.
     2 The quality or state of being eminent.
     3 prominence in a particular order or accumulation; esteem.
     4 (lb en geology) An elevated land area or a hill.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Eminence
     n.
     1 (place en unincorporated community co/Morgan County s/Indiana
  c/USA).
     2 (place en ghost town co/Finney County s/Kansas c/USA).
     3 (place en home rule city co/Henry County s/Kentucky c/USA).
     4 (place en city/county seat co/Shannon County s/Missouri c/USA).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  eminence
     n.
     1 Someone of high rank, reputation or social status.
     2 The quality or state of being eminent.
     3 prominence in a particular order or accumulation; esteem.
     4 (lb en geology) An elevated land area or a hill.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Eminence
     n.
     1 (place en unincorporated community co/Morgan County s/Indiana
  c/USA).
     2 (place en ghost town co/Finney County s/Kansas c/USA).
     3 (place en home rule city co/Henry County s/Kentucky c/USA).
     4 (place en city/county seat co/Shannon County s/Missouri c/USA).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  eminence
     Englanti n.
     1 eminenssi
     2 korkea-arvoisuus

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Eminence /ˈɛmɪnəns/
  السّموّ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  eminence //ˈɛmɪnəns// 
  възвишение
  an elevated land area or a hill

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  eminence /ˈɛmɪnəns/ 
  proslulost

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  eminence /ˈɛmɪnəns/
  Ansehen , Berühmtheit 
        "doctors of eminence"  - angesehen Ärzte

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  eminence /ˈɛmɪnəns/
  Eminenz 
   see: His (Her) Eminence
  

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  eminence /ˈɛmɪnəns/ 
  1. उत्कर्ष
        "The book brought him to eminence."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  eminence /ˈɛmɪnəns/
  eminencija, istaknutost, uzvisina, uzvisine, uzvišica

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  eminence /ˈɛmɪnəns/
  1. kiugró rész
  2. emelkedés
  3. emelkedettség
  4. magas méltóság
  5. kiválóság
  6. magaslat
  7. magas állás
  8. nagyvonalúság
  9. eminencia
  10. felsôbbrendûség
  11. domb
  12. kitûnôség
  13. hegycsúcs

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  eminence //ˈɛmɪnəns// 
  1. 高地
  an elevated land area or a hill
  2. 顕貴, 高名
  someone of high rank, reputation or social status
  3. 傑出
  the quality or state of being eminent

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  eminence /ˈemɪnəns/ 
   1.  znakomitość
   2.  [form]  eminencja

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  eminence /ˈɛmɪnəns/ 
  eminência

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɛmənəns/

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) :   [ gazetteer2k-places ]

  Eminence, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky
     Population (2000):    2231
     Housing Units (2000): 998
     Land area (2000):     2.146753 sq. miles (5.560065 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.008024 sq. miles (0.020781 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    2.154777 sq. miles (5.580846 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            24904
     Located within:       Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
     Location:             38.368127 N, 85.180449 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     40019
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Eminence, KY
      Eminence
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) :   [ gazetteer2k-places ]

  Eminence, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
     Population (2000):    548
     Housing Units (2000): 316
     Land area (2000):     1.886745 sq. miles (4.886647 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.886745 sq. miles (4.886647 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            22276
     Located within:       Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
     Location:             37.148448 N, 91.358896 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     65466
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Eminence, MO
      Eminence
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  169 Moby Thesaurus words for "eminence":
     Olympian heights, VIP, acme, aerial heights, altitude, apex,
     ascendancy, august, authority, bas-relief, bellying, big-name,
     big-time, big-timer, bigwig, boldness, bulging, ceiling,
     celebrated, charisma, charm, chief, clout, consequence,
     conspicuousness, control, credit, dignitary, dignity, distinction,
     distinguished, dizzy heights, dominance, dominant, domination,
     effect, elevation, embossment, eminent, enchantment, esteem, ether,
     exaltation, exalted, excellence, excrescence, excrescency,
     extrusion, fame, famed, famousness, favor, force, gibbosity,
     gibbousness, glory, good feeling, grandeur, great, greatness,
     hauteur, heaven, heavens, height, heighth, heights, heroism,
     high mightiness, high relief, highness, hold, honor, illustrious,
     illustriousness, importance, important, incidental power,
     influence, influentiality, influentialness, insinuation, kudos,
     leader, leadership, leverage, lift, lion, loftiness, lofty,
     low relief, luminary, magnanimity, magnetism, majesty, mark,
     mastery, memorability, moment, nobility, noble, notability,
     notable, note, noteworthiness, outstandingness, peak,
     perpendicular distance, personality, persuasion, potency, power,
     precedence, predominance, preeminence, preeminent, preponderance,
     prepotency, pressure, prestige, priority, projection, prominence,
     prominent, protrusion, protuberance, protuberancy, purchase, raise,
     rank, reign, relief, remarkableness, renown, renowned, reputation,
     repute, rise, rising ground, rule, salience, salient, say,
     seniority, significance, sky, stature, steep, stratosphere,
     suasion, sublimity, subtle influence, suggestion, supereminence,
     superiority, supremacy, sway, tallness, toploftiness, tuberosity,
     tuberousness, upper hand, uprise, vantage ground, vantage point,
     weight, weightiness, well-known, whip hand, zenith
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 显赫,崇高,高处;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 卓越,著名,显赫,突出

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