Both Uses

eminent
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Harriet Tubman, by Petry
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In Boston, on October 21, 1835, William Lloyd Garrison, publisher of The Liberator, was rescued from a mob of some two thousand well-dressed, eminently respectable men who were intent on hanging him.†
Chpt 8 *

eminently = with high standing
As a result of what would always be known as the Jerry rescue, twenty-four eminently respectable citizens of Syracuse ( including Reverend J. W. Loguen, Samuel May, Charles Wheaton) and Gerrit Smith, who was visiting the city, were arrested and charged with "constructive treason."†
Chpt 13

Definitions:

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