eminence
pronunciation
How to pronounce eminence in British English:
UK [ˈemɪnəns]
How to pronounce eminence in American English:
US [ˈɛmənəns]
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- Noun:
- high status importance owing to marked superiority
- a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
Word Origin
- eminence (n.)
- c. 1400, "projection, protuberance;" early 15c., "high or exalted position," from Old French eminence or directly from Latin eminentia "a distinctive feature, conspicuous part," from eminentem (nominative eminens) "standing out, projecting," figuratively, "prominent, distinctive" (see eminent). As a title of honor (now only of cardinals) it is attested from 1650s. The original Éminence grise (French, literally "gray eminence") was François Leclerc du Trembley (1577-1638), confidential agent of Richelieu.
Example
- 1. The west has lost economic eminence .
- 2. Ask his eminence if he believes demons are a delusion .
- 3. Before his eminence , monsieur the cardinal .
- 4. But , your eminence , what he said was a lie .
- 5. A professor of such eminence .