[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

eminence \em"inence\, n. l. eminentia, fr. eminens eminent:
   cf. f. 'eminence.
   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

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
distinction preeminence note tuberosity tubercle 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

[4] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

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 codes: 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 codes: 65466

[5] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

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

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

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

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