Both Uses
eminent
in
Self-Reliance, by Emerson
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- [147] I read the other day some verses written by an eminent painter which were original and not conventional†
*eminent = respected and famous or important
- We fancy it rhetoric, when we speak of eminent virtue.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(eminent) famous, respected, or important within a particular field or profession
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)