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prominency|ˈprɒmɪnənsɪ|
[ad. L. prōminēntia: see prec. and -ency.]
1. = prominence 2. Now rare.
1645Evelyn Diary 7 Feb., A perpendicular hollow cliffe..with now and then a craggy prominency jetting out. 1703Moxon Mech. Exerc. 183 Cut off the prominencies that are not concentrick to the Axis. 1813Examiner 29 Mar. 205/1 All obtrusive prominencies are levelled down.
2. The quality of being prominent (lit. or fig.); conspicuousness; = prominence 1, 3.
1828–32[see prominence 3]. 1836Rand. Recoll. Ho. Lords xi. 241 Brought before the public..with some degree of prominency. 1842F. E. Paget Milf. Malv. 203 Nobody could say that he did not give sufficient prominency to every doctrine in the circle of Christian truth. 1871Blackie Four Phases i. 12 The prominency of..his organs of vision. |