eminence

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A position of great distinction or superiority: rose to eminence as a surgeon.
2. n. A rise of ground; a hill.
3. n. A person of high station or great achievements.
4. n. Roman Catholic Church Used with His or Your as a title and form of address for a cardinal.
5. n. A projection or protuberance from the surface of a body part, especially a bone.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A part rising or projecting beyond the rest or above the surface; something protuberant or prominent; a projection: as, the eminences on or in an animal body. See phrases below, and eminentia.
2. n. Specifically A conspicuous place or situation; a prominent position; especially, a hill or height of ground affording a wide view.
3. n. Elevation as regards rank, worth, accomplishment, etc.; exalted station or repute; more generally, a high degree of distinction in any respect, good or bad: as, to attain eminence in a profession, or in the annals of crime.
4. n. Supreme degree.
5. n. In the Roman Catholic Church, a title of honor attached by a consistorial decree of 1630 exclusively to cardinals and to the master of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem: usually with a capital.
6. n. Synonyms Height, elevation.

Wiktionary

1. n. someone of high rank, reputation or social station
2. n. the quality or state of being eminent
3. n. prominence in a particular order or accumulation; esteem
4. n. geology an elevated land area or a hill
5. n. anatomy a protuberance

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height.
2. n. 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.
3. n. A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
2. n. high status importance owing to marked superiority