- 1[uncountable] (formal) the quality of being famous and respected, especially in a profession a man of political eminence Few could have predicted that she would reach eminence as a surgeon.
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- 2[countable] His/Your Eminence a title used in speaking to or about a cardinal (= a priest of the highest rank in the Roman Catholic Church) Their Eminences will see you now.
- 3[countable] (old-fashioned or formal) an area of high ground a castle on an eminence overlooking the river
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