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.

Without either eminences or cavities. --Dryden.

The temple of honor ought to be seated on an eminence. --Burke.

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.

You 've too a woman's heart, which ever yet Affected eminence, wealth, sovereignty. --Shak.

3. A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)