eminencyn.

Forms: Also 1600s emminency.

Etymology: < Latin ēminēntia: see eminence n. and -ency suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈeminency.

I. In physical senses.

†1. Height; prominence, elevation above surrounding objects. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [noun] > above a certain level

heightc1290

highheadc1300

higha1398

altitudea1449

sideness?a1475

alturea1547

pitch1590

mounture1613

eminency1625

eminence1658

haut1686

elevation1732

1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. vii. 105 The ordinary Eminency of the hight of the Earth aboue the Waters.

1657 R. Austen Spirituall Use of Orchard (new ed.) 137 Mighty hils and Mountaines in eminency.

1663 W. Charleton Chorea Gigantum 48 One..stone exceeding the rest in eminency.

†2. concrete. A projection or prominence; a protuberance. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [noun] > a projecting part

hornc1275

outshooting1310

nosec1400

startc1400

spout1412

snouta1425

outbearingc1425

outstanding?c1425

relish1428

jeta1500

rising1525

shoulder1545

jutting1565

outshootc1565

prominence1578

forecast1580

projection1592

sprout1598

eye1600

shooting forth1601

lip1608

juttying1611

prominent?1611

eminence1615

butting1625

excursiona1626

elbow1626

protrusion1646

jettinga1652

outjetting1652

prominency1654

eminency1668

nouch1688

issuanta1690

out-butting1730

outjet1730

out-jutting1730

flange1735

nosing1773

process1775

jut1787

projecture1803

nozzle1804

saliency1831

ajutment1834

salience1837

out-thrust1842

emphasis1885

cleat1887

outjut1893

pseudopodiuma1902

1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) iii. ix. 148 Towards the Temples there grows a certain eminency.

1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. i. 15 You do off the eminencies or risings.

1718 J. Chamberlayne tr. B. Nieuwentyt Relig. Philosopher I. x. ix. 150 The Muscle..turns about the Eminency.., like a Rope in a Pulley.

†3. An elevation on the earth's surface; a rising ground, hill. Also an elevated object. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [noun]

link931

rise1240

motea1300

bentc1405

mote-hill1475

territory1477

height1487

rising1548

raising1572

linch1591

mount1591

swelling1630

up1637

vertex1641

advance1655

ascendant1655

eminency1662

ascent1663

eminence1670

swell1764

elevation1799

embreastment1799

upwith1819

lift1825

salita1910

turtle-back1913

upwarp1917

upslope1920

whaleback1928

1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 10 A Church or Steeple, or some other Eminency.

a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 67 Mount Calvary..is a small Eminency or Hill.

1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Jewish War vii. viii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 964 A certain eminency of the rock.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. xii. 259 On the tops of some small eminencies there are several look-out towers.

II. In non-material senses.

†4.

a. Distinguished superiority, elevation above the common standard in social position, wealth, power, reputation, or attainment, or in the possession of any special quality; = eminence n. 4. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > [noun] > elevated rank

pridea1300

honourc1300

primatea1402

honesty1418

grandeur1600

eminencea1616

magnitude1620

eminency1629

1629 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. (ed. 5) xxi. sig. E6 Men of parts and eminencie.

1642 C. H. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. ii. 282 III. 302 We have lost..few of eminency.

a1683 A. Sidney Disc. Govt. (1698) iii. §xxviii. 385 Commoners, who in antiquity and eminency are no way inferior to the chief of the titular Nobility.

1727 D. Defoe Ess. Hist. Apparitions v. 48 This Woman was a Witch of some Eminency.

†b. Of things, of places, towns, etc.: Importance. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun]

mund?c1250

steemc1330

greatnessc1410

substancec1425

importance1485

weight1521

moment1522

weightiness1530

importancy1531

importunance1546

import1548

reckoning1582

sequel1588

ponderosity1589

valure1594

consequence1597

significance1597

circumstance1599

consequent1599

eminency1622

importmenta1625

concernment1626

consideration1634

telling1636

signification1645

considerableness1647

concerningness1657

nearness1679

significancy1679

respectability1769

interest1809

noteworthiness1852

portee1893

valency1897

1622 E. Misselden Free Trade 6 To finde out a fit remedy is of high eminency.

1640 Bp. J. Wilkins Disc. New Planet (1707) vii. 217 There are but two places of any eminency, the Circumference and the Centre.

1651 tr. F. de Quintana Hist. Don Fenise 296 We arrived at the doore of an house of eminency.

1673 Vain Insolency Rome 6 The first greatness of Rome was founded in the eminency of the City.

†5. As a title of honour, borne esp. by cardinals; = eminence n. 5. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > cardinal > [noun]

cardinallOE

redcap?1539

carnalc1540

prince1581

red hat1598

purple father1615

national1625

eminence1653

eminency1670

nationist1670

redshank1824

1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. iii. 72 Their Eminencies were all astonished at the Election.

1694 E. Phillips tr. J. Milton Lett. of State 158 I intreat your Eminency, to give him entire Credit.

†6. Acknowledgement of superiority, homage, deference; = eminence n. 6. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > manifestation of respect

worthingeOE

worthminteOE

worshipOE

homagec1300

honorancec1300

honourc1300

honestyc1384

honoration1493

honorificencea1500

eminencea1616

eminency1647

rising1711

1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 46 Equity is as due to People, as Eminency to Princes.

†7. That in which a person (or thing) excels or is remarkable; esp. in good sense, an excellence, special talent, honourable distinction. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > an excellence

greatnessc1384

excellencec1400

merita1586

eminency1602

eminence1609

excellencya1616

transcendiary1654

transcendenta1706

1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes 62 He hath beene accompted ignoble, who hath not beene..noted for some eminency.

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 6 Therfore it followeth vnauoidably, that the eminencie of their [sc. serpents'] temperament, is cold in the highest degree.

a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Ephes. (1658) 51 This Adoption is called by the name of a dignity or eminency.

a1677 I. Barrow Of Love of God (1680) 312 Reason and discretion are the singular eminencies of men.

†8. Superiority in degree or measure; intensive magnitude. by (way of) eminency: see eminence n. 8c. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > surpassing excellence > [adverb]

sovereignlyc1340

excellentlyc1400

by (an, way of) excellencec1450

transcendingly1528

exquisitely1535

precellently?1567

divinely1582

par excellence1584

pre-eminently1590

superlatively1596

surpassing1598

by (way of) eminency1608

superexcellently1615

by (way of) eminence1621

transcendently1623

surpassingly1658

exquisitively1660

par eminence1823

heavenlike1832

transcendentally1870

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > condition of being more than another > superiority in amount or quantity

domination1526

eminency1608

preponderance1787

preponderancy1829

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > most

by (way of) eminency1608

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > individual [phrase] > by way of distinction

by (way of) eminence1621

by (way of) eminencya1701

1608 Dispute Question of Kneeling 159 Some eminency of greatnes, power, or goodnes.

1643 J. Burroughes Expos. Hosea (1652) ix. 307 The Sabbath is called an everlasting Covenant by way of eminency.

1651 Abel Rediv. Luther (1867) I. 38 The eminency of his good parts did more and more show themselves.

1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie ii. sig. Ee3^v A Roman Colonie, and called Colonia Agrippina; and sometimes by way of eminency Colonia only.

a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 24 The people of the Country call it..the Plain..by way of Eminency.

9. Prominence, or relative importance, in mental view.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > relative

to lay weight upon1709

eminency1841

1841 R. W. Emerson Art in Ess. 1st Ser. (London ed.) 357 This rhetoric, or power to fix the momentary eminency of an object.

1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma xii. 367 Christian Churches do recommend the..secret of Jesus, though not..in the right eminency.

10. Confused with imminency n. Cf. eminent adj. 6.

ΚΠ

a1633 Visct. Falkland Hist. Edward II (1680) 27 The Spencers..saw the eminency of their own dangers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	eminency
释义	eminencyn. Forms: Also 1600s emminency. Etymology: < Latin ēminēntia: see eminence n. and -ency suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈeminency. I. In physical senses. †1. Height; prominence, elevation above surrounding objects. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [noun] > above a certain level heightc1290 highheadc1300 higha1398 altitudea1449 sideness?a1475 alturea1547 pitch1590 mounture1613 eminency1625 eminence1658 haut1686 elevation1732 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. vii. 105 The ordinary Eminency of the hight of the Earth aboue the Waters. 1657 R. Austen Spirituall Use of Orchard (new ed.) 137 Mighty hils and Mountaines in eminency. 1663 W. Charleton Chorea Gigantum 48 One..stone exceeding the rest in eminency. †2. concrete. A projection or prominence; a protuberance. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [noun] > a projecting part hornc1275 outshooting1310 nosec1400 startc1400 spout1412 snouta1425 outbearingc1425 outstanding?c1425 relish1428 jeta1500 rising1525 shoulder1545 jutting1565 outshootc1565 prominence1578 forecast1580 projection1592 sprout1598 eye1600 shooting forth1601 lip1608 juttying1611 prominent?1611 eminence1615 butting1625 excursiona1626 elbow1626 protrusion1646 jettinga1652 outjetting1652 prominency1654 eminency1668 nouch1688 issuanta1690 out-butting1730 outjet1730 out-jutting1730 flange1735 nosing1773 process1775 jut1787 projecture1803 nozzle1804 saliency1831 ajutment1834 salience1837 out-thrust1842 emphasis1885 cleat1887 outjut1893 pseudopodiuma1902 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) iii. ix. 148 Towards the Temples there grows a certain eminency. 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. i. 15 You do off the eminencies or risings. 1718 J. Chamberlayne tr. B. Nieuwentyt Relig. Philosopher I. x. ix. 150 The Muscle..turns about the Eminency.., like a Rope in a Pulley. †3. An elevation on the earth's surface; a rising ground, hill. Also an elevated object. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [noun] link931 rise1240 motea1300 bentc1405 mote-hill1475 territory1477 height1487 rising1548 raising1572 linch1591 mount1591 swelling1630 up1637 vertex1641 advance1655 ascendant1655 eminency1662 ascent1663 eminence1670 swell1764 elevation1799 embreastment1799 upwith1819 lift1825 salita1910 turtle-back1913 upwarp1917 upslope1920 whaleback1928 1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 10 A Church or Steeple, or some other Eminency. a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 67 Mount Calvary..is a small Eminency or Hill. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Jewish War vii. viii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 964 A certain eminency of the rock. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. xii. 259 On the tops of some small eminencies there are several look-out towers. II. In non-material senses. †4. a. Distinguished superiority, elevation above the common standard in social position, wealth, power, reputation, or attainment, or in the possession of any special quality; = eminence n. 4. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > [noun] > elevated rank pridea1300 honourc1300 primatea1402 honesty1418 grandeur1600 eminencea1616 magnitude1620 eminency1629 1629 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. (ed. 5) xxi. sig. E6 Men of parts and eminencie. 1642 C. H. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. ii. 282 III. 302 We have lost..few of eminency. a1683 A. Sidney Disc. Govt. (1698) iii. §xxviii. 385 Commoners, who in antiquity and eminency are no way inferior to the chief of the titular Nobility. 1727 D. Defoe Ess. Hist. Apparitions v. 48 This Woman was a Witch of some Eminency. †b. Of things, of places, towns, etc.: Importance. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] mund?c1250 steemc1330 greatnessc1410 substancec1425 importance1485 weight1521 moment1522 weightiness1530 importancy1531 importunance1546 import1548 reckoning1582 sequel1588 ponderosity1589 valure1594 consequence1597 significance1597 circumstance1599 consequent1599 eminency1622 importmenta1625 concernment1626 consideration1634 telling1636 signification1645 considerableness1647 concerningness1657 nearness1679 significancy1679 respectability1769 interest1809 noteworthiness1852 portee1893 valency1897 1622 E. Misselden Free Trade 6 To finde out a fit remedy is of high eminency. 1640 Bp. J. Wilkins Disc. New Planet (1707) vii. 217 There are but two places of any eminency, the Circumference and the Centre. 1651 tr. F. de Quintana Hist. Don Fenise 296 We arrived at the doore of an house of eminency. 1673 Vain Insolency Rome 6 The first greatness of Rome was founded in the eminency of the City. †5. As a title of honour, borne esp. by cardinals; = eminence n. 5. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > cardinal > [noun] cardinallOE redcap?1539 carnalc1540 prince1581 red hat1598 purple father1615 national1625 eminence1653 eminency1670 nationist1670 redshank1824 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. iii. 72 Their Eminencies were all astonished at the Election. 1694 E. Phillips tr. J. Milton Lett. of State 158 I intreat your Eminency, to give him entire Credit. †6. Acknowledgement of superiority, homage, deference; = eminence n. 6. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > manifestation of respect worthingeOE worthminteOE worshipOE homagec1300 honorancec1300 honourc1300 honestyc1384 honoration1493 honorificencea1500 eminencea1616 eminency1647 rising1711 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 46 Equity is as due to People, as Eminency to Princes. †7. That in which a person (or thing) excels or is remarkable; esp. in good sense, an excellence, special talent, honourable distinction. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > an excellence greatnessc1384 excellencec1400 merita1586 eminency1602 eminence1609 excellencya1616 transcendiary1654 transcendenta1706 1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes 62 He hath beene accompted ignoble, who hath not beene..noted for some eminency. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 6 Therfore it followeth vnauoidably, that the eminencie of their [sc. serpents'] temperament, is cold in the highest degree. a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Ephes. (1658) 51 This Adoption is called by the name of a dignity or eminency. a1677 I. Barrow Of Love of God (1680) 312 Reason and discretion are the singular eminencies of men. †8. Superiority in degree or measure; intensive magnitude. by (way of) eminency: see eminence n. 8c. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > surpassing excellence > [adverb] sovereignlyc1340 excellentlyc1400 by (an, way of) excellencec1450 transcendingly1528 exquisitely1535 precellently?1567 divinely1582 par excellence1584 pre-eminently1590 superlatively1596 surpassing1598 by (way of) eminency1608 superexcellently1615 by (way of) eminence1621 transcendently1623 surpassingly1658 exquisitively1660 par eminence1823 heavenlike1832 transcendentally1870 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > condition of being more than another > superiority in amount or quantity domination1526 eminency1608 preponderance1787 preponderancy1829 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > most by (way of) eminency1608 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > individual [phrase] > by way of distinction by (way of) eminence1621 by (way of) eminencya1701 1608 Dispute Question of Kneeling 159 Some eminency of greatnes, power, or goodnes. 1643 J. Burroughes Expos. Hosea (1652) ix. 307 The Sabbath is called an everlasting Covenant by way of eminency. 1651 Abel Rediv. Luther (1867) I. 38 The eminency of his good parts did more and more show themselves. 1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie ii. sig. Ee3^v A Roman Colonie, and called Colonia Agrippina; and sometimes by way of eminency Colonia only. a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 24 The people of the Country call it..the Plain..by way of Eminency. 9. Prominence, or relative importance, in mental view. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > relative to lay weight upon1709 eminency1841 1841 R. W. Emerson Art in Ess. 1st Ser. (London ed.) 357 This rhetoric, or power to fix the momentary eminency of an object. 1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma xii. 367 Christian Churches do recommend the..secret of Jesus, though not..in the right eminency. 10. Confused with imminency n. Cf. eminent adj. 6. ΚΠ a1633 Visct. Falkland Hist. Edward II (1680) 27 The Spencers..saw the eminency of their own dangers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1602
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