/
ˈɛmɪnəns/
n.
    - acknowledged superiority within a particular sphere.
 - an important or distinguished person. 
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(His/Your Eminence)
 a title given to a Roman Catholic cardinal.
 - literary a piece of rising ground.
 - Anatomy  a slight projection from the surface of the body.
 
Etymology
ME: from L. eminentia, from eminere ‘jut, project’.