Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Eminence \Em"i*nence\, n. [L. eminentia, fr. eminens eminent:
   cf. F. ['e]minence.]
   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.        --Shak.

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

Source : WordNet®

eminence
     n 1: high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a
          scholar of great eminence" [syn: {distinction}, {preeminence},
           {note}]
     2: a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a
        muscle or ligament [syn: {tuberosity}, {tubercle}]