eminence

• n.有名な、著名な、高い

e-, 外に向かって。-min, 著名な, 語源的にはmountainと同じ, 著名な.

eminence (n.)

c. 1400, "projection, protuberance;" early 15c., "high or exalted position," from Old French eminence or directly from Latin eminentia "a distinctive feature, conspicuous part," from eminentem (nominative eminens) "standing out, projecting," figuratively, "prominent, distinctive" (see eminent).

As a title of honor (now only of cardinals) it is attested from 1650s. The original éminence grise (French, literally "gray eminence") was Fran?ois Leclerc du Trembley (1577-1638), confidential agent of Richelieu.

1. For those under 40 the pre- eminence of post-war US literature goes unquestioned.

40歳未満にとって、戦後のアメリカ文学は間違いなく最も傑出している。

2.His Eminence Cardinal Hume celebrated Mass.

ヒューム枢機卿がミサを主宰した。

3.Beveridge was a man of great eminence .

ベヴァリッジはとても有名な人です。

4.a man of political eminence

政界で群を抜く人

5.She was strongly committed to her job，a policewoman by eminence .

彼女は非常に職務に忠実で、卓越した女性警察官だった。