All 5 Uses

eminent
in
East of Eden
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They were not eminent people, and there are few records concerning them except for the usual papers on birth, marriage, land ownership, and death.†
Chpt 2

eminent = respected and famous or important
Even vicariously this was an eminence we could hardly stand.†
Chpt 14 *
As a punishment the ride would have been cruel and unusual, but it was a prize, a gift, an honor, and an eminence.†
Chpt 14
And in our time, when a man dies—if he has had wealth and influence and power and all the vestments that arouse envy, and after the living take stock of the dead man's property and his eminence and works and monuments—the question is still there: Was his life good or was it evil?†
Chpt 34
And if anything should have happened to your brother, will you be able to sneak for yourself the eminence of being a murderer, snot-nose?†
Chpt 51

Definitions:

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