Both Uses

eminent
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The Celestial Railroad
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Among the gentlemen were characters of deserved eminence—magistrates, politicians, and men of wealth, by whose example religion could not but be greatly recommended to their meaner brethren.†
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The labors of these eminent divines are aided by those of innumerable lecturers, who diffuse such a various profundity, in all subjects of human or celestial science, that any man may acquire an omnigenous erudition without the trouble of even learning to read.†

eminent = respected and famous or important

Definitions:

(1) (eminent)
famous, respected, or important within a particular field or profession
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)