| 单词 | by eminence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby (way of) eminence c. Phrase, by (way of) eminence: in an eminent or especial sense, par excellence. (In early examples sometimes in sense 7: by way of distinction.) rare in modern use. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > surpassing excellence > [adverb] sovereignlyc1340 excellentlyc1400 by (an, way of) excellencec1450 transcendingly1528 exquisitely1535 precellently?1567 divinely1582 par excellence1584 pre-eminently1590 superlatively1596 surpassing1598 by (way of) eminency1608 superexcellently1615 by (way of) eminence1621 transcendently1623 surpassingly1658 exquisitively1660 par eminence1823 heavenlike1832 transcendentally1870 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > individual [phrase] > by way of distinction by (way of) eminence1621 by (way of) eminencya1701 1621–31 W. Laud Seven Serm. (1847) 66 Now Jerusalem is by way of singular eminence called here ‘a city compacted together’. 1699 tr. L. E. Du Pin Compl. Hist. Canon I. i. 1 They are likewise styl'd the Scriptures by Way of Eminence. 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. v. ii. 278 Have you writ..a Play, a Song, an Essay, or a Paper, as by way of Eminence, the current Pieces of our Weekly Wits are generally stil'd. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 229 The principal council..is generally called, by way of eminence, the council. 1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm ix. 253 This by eminence is the bright omen of the times. 1883 F. A. Walker Polit. Econ. 399 One kind of money..may be called by eminence political money. < as lemmas |
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