emigre 
grant: applied specifically to those persons, 
chiefly royalists, who berime refugees from 
Franco during the revolution which began in 
1789. 
A decree of the convention lunl issnnl against Talley- 
rand during his stay in Knglaiul. He w;n an i-minre. 
/.'H.'/I.-. llril., XXIII. ::l. 
Euiilian (o-mil'ian), . [< It. Kmilin (see def.). 
so called from th'o Via Emilia, < L. fin ^Emilia, 
a road (an extension of tho Via Flatninia) which 
traversed the heart of Cisalpine Gaul, built by 
M. JEmiUtis Lepidus, Roman consul, 187 B. C.] 
Relating or pertaining to Emilia, a comparti- 
monto or general geographical division of the 
kingdom of Italy, lying north of tho Apennines 
and south of the Po, and named from the an- 
cient Via ./Emilia, or ^Emilian Way, which 
passes through it. It comprises the northern 
part of the former Papal States (the Romagna) 
and tho former duchies of Parma and Modena. 
eminence (em'i-nens), 7i. [= D. eminentie = G. 
fiiiinenz = Dan. eminence = Sw. eminens, < OF. 
eminence, F. eminence = Pr. Sp. cminencia = It. 
eminenza, < L. eminentia, excellence, promi- 
nence, <. cminen(t-)s, excellent, prominent, emi- 
nent: see eminent.'] 1. A part rising or pro- 
jecting beyond the rest or above the surface ; 
something protuberant or prominent ; a pro- 
jection : as, the eminences on or in an animal 
Dody. See phrases below, and eminentia. 
They must be smooth, almost imperceptible to the 
touch, and without cither eminence or cavities. 
1 ij i/il- // , tr. of Dufresnoy's Art of Painting. 
Specifically 2. A conspicuous place or situ- 
ation; a prominent position; especially, a hill 
or height of ground affording a wide view. 
Aa lie had lived, so he died in public ; expired upon a 
cross, on the top of an eminence near Jerusalem. 
Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, II. I. 
The temple of honour ought to be seated on an emi- 
nence. Burlte. 
3. Elevation as regards rank, worth, accom- 
plishment, etc.; exalted station or repute; 
more generally, a high degree of distinction in 
any respect, good or bad : as, to attain eminence 
in a profession, or in tho annals of crime. 
The r miii: in'' of the Apostles consisted in their power- 
full preaching, their unwearied labouring In the Word, 
their unquenchable charity. 
Milton, On Def. of llumb. Remonst. 
High on a throne of royal state . . . 
Satan exalted sat, l>y merit raised 
To that bad eminence. Milton, P. L., ii. 6. 
Where men cannot arrive at eminence, religion may 
make compensation by teaching content. Tillotxon. 
Whatever storms may rage ir the lower regions of soci- 
ety, rarely do any clouds but clouds of incense rise to the 
awful eminence, of the throne. Irving, Granada, p. 22. 
4. Supreme degree. [Rare.] 
Whatever pure thou in the body enjoy'st 
iAnd pure thou wert created), we enjoy 
n eminence. MUlon, P. L., viii. 624. 
6. In the Bom. Cath. Ch., a title of honor at- 
tached by a cpnsistorial decree of 1630 exclu- 
sively to cardinals and to the master of the 
Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem: usually 
with a capital. 
His Eminence, was indeed very fond of his poet. 
/.'/>. Ilurd, Notes on Epistle to Augustus. 
Louis (turns haughtily to the Cardinal). Enough ! 
Your eminence must excuse a longer audience. 
BrUwer, Richelieu, iv. 
Articular eminence of the temporal bone. See a rticu- 
lur. Canine eminence. See canine. Collateral emi- 
nence, see collateral. Eminence of Doyere, in anat., 
the small elevation at the point of the muscle-filter where 
the nerve-finer enters tho sarcolemma,- Illopectineal 
eminence. B(i<KMMnMi.|JB. 1. Height, elevation. 
eminency (em'i-nen-si), n. [Early mod. E. 
also cminencie; as eminence: see -ence, -ency.] 
Same as eminence. [Now rare.] 
The late most grievous cruelties . . . occasioned the 
writing of the enclosed letters to his majesty, and these 
other to your eminency. Milton, To Cardinal Mazarin. 
His eminencie altoue others hath made him a man of 
Worship, for liee had neucr beene prefer'd, but that bee 
was worth thousand*. 
Bp. Earlc, Micro-cosmographie, An Alderman. 
The glory anil eminencien of the Divine love, manifested 
in tlie incarnation of the Won! eternal. 
Jer. Taiilnr. Works (ed. 1835), I. 28. 
Yon are to heroin*- a Ixuly politick, nsiniranmn^st your- 
selves civil government, ami are not furnished with per- 
sons of spivi;tl :',,iini'iii-:i above the rest. 
John ll<:ii!n<ii. in V u i'.nulniid's Memorial, p. 28. 
eminent (em'i-nent), a. [Early mod. E. also 
t'liiyiirnt; = D. G. Dan. Sw. eminent, < OF. emi- 
nent, F. eminent = Sp. Pg. It. i niinentr, < L. 
eminen(t-)s. prominent, eminent, excellent, ppr. 
IS'.I'.I 
of eminere, stand out, project, excel, < c, out, + 
ntinere, project, jut. Cf. imminent, prominent.'] 
1. Prominent; standing out above other things; 
higli ; lofty. [Now rare.] 
Tliys Citic of Jherusalcm ys a ffayer Emynenf Place, 
for it fttondith vpon suche a grounde, That from whens so 
ever a man comyth ther he must nedys ascende. 
Torkington, Dlarie of Eng. Travel), p. 37. 
Both sides of the Kings Chariot were adorned with 
Images of gold and nilner ; two heing most eminent among 
them; the one, of Peace, the other, of Warre. 
1'urchas, Pilgrimage, p. S73. 
Mischief, 'gainst goodness aim'd, is like a stone, 
I iinatllraily fore il up an eminent hill, 
Whose weight falls on our heads and buries us. 
Fletcher (and another), Queen of Corinth, Iv. 4. 
The two children . . . tumbled laughing over the 
grassy mounds which were too eminent for the short legs 
to bestride. Hatcthorne, Doctor (irimshawe, i. 
2. High in rank, office, worth, or public esti- 
mation; conspicuous; highly distinguished: 
said of a person or of his position : as, an emi- 
nent station ; an eminent historian or poet. It 
is rarely used in a bad sense. 
Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being 
eminent. SuHft, Thoughts on V arious Subject*. 
These objections, though sanctioned by eminent names, 
originate, we venture to say, in profound ignorance of the 
art of poetry. ilacaulay. 
3. Conspicuous; such as to attract attention ; 
manifest: as, the judge's charge was charac- 
terized by eminent fairness; an eminent exam- 
ple of the uncertainty of circumstantial evi- 
dence. 
Those whom last thon saw'st 
In triumph and luxurious wealth are they 
First seen in acts of prowess eminent 
And great exploits. Milton, P. L., xi. 789. 
The avenging principle within us will certainly do its 
duty upon any eminent breach of ours, and make every 
flagrant act of wickedness, even in this life, a punishment 
to Itself. Bp. Atterbtiry, Sermons, II. xvl. 
4. Supreme; controlling j unrestrained by high- 
er right or authority : chiefly in the phrase emi- 
nent domain (which see, under domain). =Syn. 1. 
Elevated. 2. Illustrious, Hetiowtied, etc. See famous. 
eminentia (em-i-nen'shi-a), . ; pi. eminentia; 
(-e). [L., eminence: see emine nce.~\ In anat., 
an eminence ; a prominence ; a protuberance. 
Eminentia. capitata, the head of a bone ; specifically, 
tlie radial head of the humerus. Also called capiteltum 
and capitulum. See cut under capitelluni. Eminentia 
Cinerea, the lower prominent portion of the ala cinerea. 
Eminentia iliopectinea, the iliopectineal eminence. 
Eminentia intercondylea, the spine of the tibia. 
Eminentia papiUaris, pyramidalis, or stapedii, the 
pyramid of the tympanum. Eminentia sympliysis, 
the prominent lower Iwrder of the middle of the chin, one 
of the most marked features of man as distinguished from 
other mammals. 
eminential (em-i-nen'shal), a. [< eminence (L. 
eminentia) + -a/.] 1. Containing or pertain- 
ing to something eminently. 2. In anat., per- 
taining to an eminentia ; prominent or protu- 
berant Eminential equation, an equation which by 
means of indeterminate coefficient* expresses several in- 
dependent equations. 
eminently (em'i-nent-li), adr. 1. In an emi- 
nent degree ; in a 'manner to attract observa- 
tion; so as to be conspicuous and distinguished 
from others: as, to be eminently learned or use- 
ful. 
They in whomsoever these vertues dwell eminently need 
not Kings to make them happy, but are the architects of 
thir own happiness. Milton, Eikonoklastes, xxi. 
The highest flames are the most tremulous ; and so are 
the most holy and eminently religious )ersons more full of 
awfulness and fear. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 72. 
When two races, both low in the scale, are crossed, the 
progeny seems to be eminetitly bad. 
Daricin, Var. of Animals and Plants, p. 21. 
2. As used by the older philosophical writers, 
in the highest possible degree ; perfectly ; abso- 
lutely; in a sovereign manner: said especially 
of the production of an effect by a cause in- 
finitely superior to it. 
emir (e-meV), n. [Also written emeer, and, esp. 
in ref. to present rulers having this title, ai> < ;, 
amir; = D. G. Dan. Sw. emir = F. emir = Sp. 
emir, amir = Pg. emir = It. emiro, < Turk, amir 
= Pers. Hind, amir, < Ar. amir, emir, a com- 
mander, ruler, chief nobleman, prince: see 
ameer, and cf. admiral.'] 1. Among Arabs and 
other Mohammedan peoples, a chief of a family 
or tribe ; a ruling prince. See ameer. 
The book of Job shows that, long before letters and arts 
were known to Ionia, these vexing questions were debated 
. . . under the tents of the Idnmean siuir*. 
M:i:'finl'iir. Von Kanke's Hist, of the Popes. 
2. Specifically, a title sometimes given to the 
descendants of Mohammed. 
An emir by his garb of green. Birron, The Giaour. 
emissitious 
3. In Turkey, with a specific ilehignation of 
office or duty, a head of a department of gov- 
ernment ; a chief officer. 
emirate (e-mer'at), n. [< emir + -aJ*3.] The 
uilice or rank of an emir. 
emissarium (em-i-sa'ri-um), n.; pi. emissaria 
(-ii). [NL., neut. of L. emissaritm, taken in lit. 
sense: see emissary.'] In anat., an emissary 
(def. II., 3); specifically, an emissary vein. 
Emissarium Santorini, o> emiBsarium parietale. 
>. :-:::ill ,':l l':'illH, Ulnlcr etH\SSary. 
emissary (em'i-sa-ri), a. and n. [= F. eminsaire 
= Sp. emisario = Pg. It. emissario, n., < L. emis- 
sarius, sent out (as adj., first in LL. ), as a noun, 
a scout, spy, emissary, in LL. also an attendant. 
< L. i mi tii re. pp. emissus, send out: see emit.] 
1. a. 1. Emitting; sending out; furnishing an 
outlet. 2. Of or pertaining to one sent on a 
mission; exploring; spying. 
You shall neither eat nor ileepe ; 
No, nor forth your window peepe 
With your emimtarie eye. 
B. Joiuon, Underwood!, No. 8. 
Emissary veins (rmiaaria Santorini), the velna travers- 
ing the cranial walls, and connecting the veins on the 
outside of the skull with the sinuses of the dura mater. 
U. n. ; pi. emissaries (-riz). 1. A person sent 
on a mission, particularly a private mission or 
business ; an agent employed for the promotion 
of a cause or of his employer's interests: now 
commonly used in a bad or contemptuous sense, 
and usually implying some degree of secrecy or 
chicanery. 
/'. jim. What are emissaries 9 
Tho. Men employed outward, that are sent abroad 
To fetch in the commodity. 
/.'.' Jomon, Staple of News, I. 1. 
Its [popery's] emissaries are very numerous, and very 
busy in corners, to seduce the unwary. 
Bp. Attcrbury, Sermons, I. xv. 
Christian communitiei send forth their emistai-ies of 
religion and letters. 
D. WeMer, Speech at Plymouth, Dec. 22, 1820. 
2. An outlet for water; a channel by which 
water is drawn from a lake : as. the emissary of 
the Alban lake. 3. In anat., that which emits 
or sends out; a vessel through which excretion 
takes place; an excretory or emunctory: chiefly 
used in the plural. Also finissanum. =Syn. 1. Spy, 
Emijixai-y. A ./.-/ is one who enters an enemy s camp or 
territories to learn the condition of the enemy : an cmu- 
sary may be a secret agent employed not only to detect 
the schemes of an opposing party, but to Influence their 
councils. A */'." in war must conceal his true character, 
or he may suffer death if detected; an emissary may In 
some cases be known as the agent of an adversary without 
incurring similar hazard. 
emissaryship (em'i-sa-ri-ship), n. [< emissary 
+ -Wiy>.] The office of an emissary. D. Jon- 
son. 
emissilet, a. That may be cast or sent. Bailey, 
1727. 
emission (e-mish'on), n. [= F. emission = Sp. 
emision =' Pg. emisuSo = It. emi&sionc, < L. 
emissio(n-), a sending out, < emissus, pp. of 
emittere, send out: see emit.'] 1. Tho act of 
emitting, or of sending or throwing out ; a put- 
ting forth or issuing : as, the emission of light 
from the sun or other luminous body ; the emis- 
sion of steam from a boiler ; the emission of pa- 
per money. 
Because Philosophers may disagree 
If sight emission or reception be, 
Shall it be thence inferr d I do not see? 
Drifden, Hind and Panther. 
Plants climb by three distinct means, by spirally twin- 
ing, by clasping a support with their sensitive tendrils, 
and by the emission of aerial rootlets. 
Darwin, Origin of Species, p. 182. 
2. That which is emitted, or sent or thrown 
out. 
An inflamed heap of stubble, glaring with great emu- 
nont, and suddenly stooping into the thickness of smoke. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 18S5X I. 23. 
Specifically (a) In finance, an amount or quantity of 
any representative of value issued or put into circulation : 
an issue : as, the entire emission (of coin, bank-notes, or 
the like) has been called in or redeemed ; the first, second, 
and third emiuion* of United States notes issued during 
the civil war. (ft) In physiol., a discharge, especially an 
involuntary discharge, of semen. Theory of emission, 
Newton's theory of the nature of light as being an emis- 
sion of particles from the luminous body. Also called 
the corpuscular theory. See light, and undulatory theory, 
under tintiitlatont. 
emissitioust (em-i-sish'us), a. [ < L. emissitius, 
better emigsicius. send out (oculi emissicii, pry- 
ing, spying eyes), < emisttus, pp. of emittere, 
send out.] Looking or narrowly examining; 
prying. 
Malicious mass-priest, cast back those emittitiout eyes 
to your own infamous chair of Rome. 
Bp. Hall, Honour of Married Clergy, ii. I & 
