| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun eminence.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (eminence) | 1. High status importance owing to marked superiority; "a scholar of great eminence".[Wordnet]. 2. A protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament.[Wordnet]. 3. That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height.[Websters]. 4. 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.[Websters]. 5. A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.[Websters]. | |
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"EMINENCES" is a common misspelling or typo for: eminencies. |
Date "EMINENCES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Specialty Definition: eminence
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Law | EMINENCE. A title of honor given to cardinals. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: eminence
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Deltoid eminence | A bump on the outside of the humerus where the deltoid muscle attaches. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Eminence Front | Eminence Front is a song sung and written by Pete Townshend of The Who. It appears as the sixth track on the group's final studio album to date, It's Hard (1982). Although the album on the whole was considered a failure, Eminence Front is one of two tracks on the album (the other being the first track, Athena) that were generally well-received and later released as singles. It is the only song from the album that the band has opted to play live after its initial tours directly after releasing the album. (references) | ||
| Eminence grise | (French) a person who exercises power or influence in certain areas without holding an official position; "the President's wife is an eminence grise in matters of education". Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Frontal eminence | Either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Grey Eminence | Grey Eminence: A Study in Religion and Politics is a book by Aldous Huxley published in 1941. It is a biography of François Leclerc du Tremblay, the French monk who served as advisor to Cardinal de Richelieu. He was also known as Father Joseph and as L'éminence grise, and was the original subject of that phrase. (references) | ||
| His Eminence | His Eminence is the official style or standard of address in reference to a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Patriarchs of the Eastern Rite who are also Cardinals may be addressed as "His Eminence" or by the style particular to Eastern Rite Patriarchs, His Beatitude. It is also used in Islam for highly honourable religious leaders of other religions. (references) | ||
| Median eminence | The median eminence is part of the inferior boundary for the hypothalamus. It lies in the area roughly bounded by the cerebral peduncles posterolaterally and the optic chiasm anterolaterally. (references) | ||
| Thenar eminence | The thenar eminence is the body of muscle on the palm of the human hand just beneath the thumb. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: eminence
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Median eminence | Aerospace | The median eminence is an enlarged area of the infundibulum where it arises from the inferior border of the hypothalamus. This is a region in the brain where nerve terminals actually secrete their releasing and inhibitory hormones, which are then absorbed into the blood capillaries in the median eminence and carried in the venous blood down along the infundibulum, a funnel-like structure or passage, to the anterior pituitary gland. (references) | |
| Median eminence | Health | Raised area on the infundibular hypothalamus at the floor of the third ventricle of the brain which contains the primary capillary network of the hypophyseal portal system. (references) | |
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