n. [ L. eminentia, fr. eminens eminent: cf. F. éminence. ] 1. That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height. [ 1913 Webster ]

Without either eminences or cavities. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The temple of honor ought to be seated on an eminence. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

You 've too a woman's heart, which ever yet
Affected eminence, wealth, sovereignty. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. prééminence, L. praeeminentia. See Preëminent. ] The quality or state of being preëminent; superiority in prominence or in excellence; distinction above others in quality, rank, etc.; rarely, in a bad sense, superiority or notoriety in evil; as, preëminence in honor. [ 1913 Webster ]

The preëminence of Christianity to any other religious scheme. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Painful preëminence! yourself to view
Above life's weakness, and its comforts too. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beneath the forehead's walled preëminence. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ L. supereminentia. ] The quality or state of being supereminent; distinguished eminence; as, the supereminence of Cicero as an orator, or Lord Chatham as a statesman. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was not forever beset with the consciousness of his own supereminence. Prof. Wilson. [ 1913 Webster ]