eminence

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun high status importance owing to marked superiority
noun a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament

From Old French eminence, from Latin ēminentia (“prominence”, “protuberance”; “eminence”, “excellence”).

A motte is an eminence. — The Rifle Rangers, Mayne Reid
The entrance of his eminence upset the audience. — Notre-Dame de Paris, Victor Hugo
EMINENCE, a title of honor, applied to a cardinal. — De La Salle Fifth Reader, Christian Brothers

distinction, preeminence, note

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