Definitions for eminency
ˈɛm ə nən siem·i·nen·cy

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. eminencynoun

   prominence or relative importance

2. eminencynoun

   eminence

3. eminencynoun

   a height or prominence; an elevated point

4. eminencynoun

   a point in which one excels; a forte

5. eminencynoun

   an outstanding quality

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Eminence, Eminencynoun

   Etymology: eminentia, Latin.

   1. Loftiness; height.2. Summit; highest part.

   Mountains abound with different vegetables, every vertex or eminency affording new kinds. John Ray, on the Creation.

   3. A part rising above the rest.

   They must be smooth, almost imperceptible to the touch, and without either eminence or cavities. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

   4. A place where one is exposed to general notice.

   A satyr or libel on one of the common stamp, never meets with that reception as what is aimed at a person whose merit places him upon an eminence, and gives him a more conspicuous figure. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 256.

   5. Exaltation; conspicuousness; state of being exposed to view; reputation; celebrity; fame; preferment; greatness.

   You’ve too a woman’s heart, which ever yet
   Affected eminence, wealth, sovereignty. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

   Alterations are attributed to the powerfullest under princes, where the eminency of one obscureth the rest. Henry Wotton.

   He deserv’d no such return
   From me, whom he created what I was,
   In that bright eminence; and with his good
   Upbraided none. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. iv. l. 44.

   Where men cannot arrive to any eminency of estate, yet religion makes a compensation, by teaching content. John Tillotson.

   These two were men of eminency, of learning as well as piety. Edward Stillingfleet, Def. of Disc. on Rom. Idol.

   6. Supreme degree.

   Whatever pure thou in the body enjoy’st,
   And pure thou wert created, we enjoy
   In eminence. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. viii. l. 624.

   7. Notice; distinction.

   Let your remembrance still apply to Banquo;
   Present him eminence both with eye and tongue. William Shakespeare, Macb.

   8. A title given to cardinals.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Eminencynoun

   state of being eminent; eminence

How to pronounce eminency?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of eminency in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of eminency in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of eminency in a Sentence

1. Thomas Hobbes:

   Laughter is nothing else but a sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Eminency
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=eminency
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eminency