Eminent

em'Y-nent, a. High; lofty; towering; ex- alted in rank, office, or public estimation distinguished; conspicuous; prominent; illustrious. [L. eminere, to stand out, be prominent, e and minere, to project.] Eminent domain. See Domain. — Em'- inently, adv. — Eminence, -nency, -sX, n. A height, elevation; an elevated situation among men; distinction; preferment; a title of honor, appl. to a cardinal in the Rom. Cath. church. Emir, Emeer. e-mer', n. An Arabian prince, military commander, and governor of a conquered province; in Turkey, an honorarv title of the descendants of Mohammed. [Ar. amir, prince, amara, Chald. and Heb. amar, he commanded; admiral.)