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eminence

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8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈɛmɪnəns/Part of speech nounSorted ceeeimnnStarts with EEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament

Word origin

From Old French eminence, from Latin ēminentia (“prominence”, “protuberance”; “eminence”, “excellence”).

Used in a sentence

  • From the summit of an eminence I had already had a distant view of Osbaldistone Hall, a large and antiquated edifice, peeping out from a Druidical grove of huge oaks [...].
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:eminence.

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