eminency
noun
a less common variant of eminence.
eminencies
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pluralof eminency.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The trees in vallies are on this account more injured by the vernal frosts than those on eminencies, because their early succulent shoots come out sooner.
From The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation by Erasmus Darwin
America has shaken down more eminencies into notorieties than any other country in the world—it is a severe and terrible ordeal for great foreigners.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
