/em"euh neuhns/ , n.
1. high station, rank, or repute: philosophers of eminence.
2. a high place or part; a hill or elevation; height.
3. ( cap. ) Rom. Cath. Ch. a title of honor, applied to cardinals (usually prec. by His or Your ).
4. Anat. an elevation or projection, esp. on a bone.
[ 1375-1425; late ME eminentia, equiv. to emin- (base of eminere to stand out; see EMINENT) + -entia -ENCE ]
Syn. 1. conspicuousness, note, fame. 2. prominence.
Ant. 1. obscurity.