Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Eminence

Eminence , noun

[Latin eminentia, from eminens eminent: compare French éminence.]

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. — Shakespeare
3.
A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.