\Em"i*nence\, n. [L. eminentia, fr. eminens eminent:
cf. F. ['e]minence.]
1. That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a
   height.
         Without either eminences or cavities. --Dryden.
         The temple of honor ought to be seated on an
         eminence.                             --Burke.
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.
         You 've too a woman's heart, which ever yet Affected
         eminence, wealth, sovereignty.        --Shak.
3. A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the
   Roman Catholic Church.