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• a variation of eminence.

eminency

American  

[em-uh-nuhn-see] / ˈɛm ə nən si /

noun

• eminencies
  plural

1. a less common variant of eminence.

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Usage

What does eminency mean? Eminency is a much less common variant of eminence—a position of superiority, high rank or status, or fame. Both words mean the state of being eminent—high in station, rank, or reputation. Someone who is eminent is prominent or distinguished in some way, especially within a particular field. The word is often associated with scholars. Eminence is similar to prominence but is perhaps even more positive. Someone who is prominent is well-known and often important. Someone who is considered eminent is often both well-known and well-respected. Still, the words are often used in overlapping ways. Eminence is used in a more specific way as a title or a way of addressing a high-ranking official within a hierarchy. In the Catholic Church, it’s used to address a cardinal. Eminency is sometimes used this way as well. When it is, it’s usually capitalized and used with a pronoun, as in Your Eminency. Example: He has achieved eminency in his field of study and is one of the most highly regarded academics in the nation.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• eminencies
  plural

Example Sentences

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Such as were really discreet as they seemed to be gave good example, and the eminency of their condition made others strive to imitate them, or at least they durst not own a contrary course.

From The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54 by Edward Abbott Parry

A man of little education; bred in camps; yet of a proud natural eminency, and rugged nobleness of genius and mind.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 12 by Thomas Carlyle

Wherefore I honour and praise your eminency in virtue; and desire to be provoked by the exceeding piety of any of you, in all holy conversation and godliness.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by John Bunyan

They further agree in assigning to the Parthians a respectable military character, yet one of no very special eminency.

From The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. by George Rawlinson

But it is meant only that that glorious effect should be to them a sign of Christ's eminency above him; they should see from him a Baptism greater than that of John.

From The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Henry Nelson Coleridge

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