/
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’.
