EMINENCE

eminence. Eminence, n. height, honor, top, a cardinal's title

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Em″i‐nence (?), n. [[L. eminentia, fr. eminens eminent: cf. F. éminence.]] 1. 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. 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. 3. A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.