PROM'INENCY, n. [L.prominentia, from promineo; pro and minor, to menace, that is, to shoot forward.] A standing out from the surface of something, or that which juts out; protuberance; as the prominence of a joint; the prominence of a rock or cliff; the prominence of the nose. Small hills and knolls are prominences on the surface of the earth.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.