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eminence (encz) | eminence,proslulost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Eminence (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.
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Without either eminences or cavities. --Dryden.
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The temple of honor ought to be seated on an
eminence. --Burke.
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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.
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You 've too a woman's heart, which ever yet
Affected eminence, wealth, sovereignty. --Shak.
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3. A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the
Roman Catholic Church.
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eminence (wn) | eminence
n 1: high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a
scholar of great eminence" [syn: eminence, distinction,
preeminence, note]
2: a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a
muscle or ligament [syn: tuberosity, tubercle,
eminence] |
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deltoid eminence (encz) | deltoid eminence, n: |
eminence (encz) | eminence,proslulost n: Zdeněk Brož |
eminence grise (encz) | eminence grise, n: |
frontal eminence (encz) | frontal eminence, n: |
pre-eminence (encz) | pre-eminence,vynikání n: Zdeněk Brožpre-eminence,výtečnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
preeminence (encz) | preeminence,vynikání n: Zdeněk Brožpreeminence,výtečnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Eminences (gcide) | Eminency \Em"i*nen*cy\, n.; pl. Eminences.
State of being eminent; eminence. "Eminency of estate."
--Tillotson.
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Preeminence (gcide) | Preeminence \Pre*["e]m"i*nence\, n. [F. pr['e]['e]minence, L.
praeeminentia. See Pre["e]minent.]
The quality or state of being pre["e]minent; superiority in
prominence or in excellence; distinction above others in
quality, rank, etc.; rarely, in a bad sense, superiority or
notoriety in evil; as, pre["e]minence in honor.
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The pre["e]minence of Christianity to any other
religious scheme. --Addison.
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Painful pre["e]minence! yourself to view
Above life's weakness, and its comforts too. --Pope.
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Beneath the forehead's walled pre["e]minence. --Lowell.
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Supereminence (gcide) | Supereminence \Su`per*em"i*nence\, Supereminency
\Su`per*em"i*nen*cy\, n. [L. supereminentia.]
The quality or state of being supereminent; distinguished
eminence; as, the supereminence of Cicero as an orator, or
Lord Chatham as a statesman. --Ayliffe.
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He was not forever beset with the consciousness of his
own supereminence. --Prof.
Wilson.
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deltoid eminence (wn) | deltoid eminence
n 1: a bump on the outside of the humerus where the deltoid
muscle attaches [syn: deltoid tuberosity, {deltoid
eminence}] |
eminence (wn) | eminence
n 1: high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a
scholar of great eminence" [syn: eminence, distinction,
preeminence, note]
2: a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a
muscle or ligament [syn: tuberosity, tubercle,
eminence] |
eminence grise (wn) | eminence grise
n 1: (French) a person who exercises power or influence in
certain areas without holding an official position; "the
President's wife is an eminence grise in matters of
education" |
frontal eminence (wn) | frontal eminence
n 1: either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit |
preeminence (wn) | preeminence
n 1: high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a
scholar of great eminence" [syn: eminence, distinction,
preeminence, note] |
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