prominency

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Foreigners often mistake New Englandisms for Americanisms; the energy, importance, and prominency of the people of the former portion of the country, giving them an influence that is disproportioned to their numbers.

From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by Cooper, James Fenimore

How well does the hair at the extremity of the eyelid keep out dust, and the eyebrow, by its prominency, prevent the sweat of the forehead from running into the eye to its hurt. 

From The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates by Morley, Henry

In early times, however, the degree of prominency of a single centre over all others must have been very slight.

From An Introduction to the History of Japan by Hara, Katsuro

It certainly did not imply that his well-known English principles were intended to assume any greater prominency in the conduct of Prussian and German affairs than they had enjoyed since the peace.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 by Various

For it is exceeding difficult in some Objects, to distinguish between a prominency and a depression, between a shadow and a black stain, or a reflection and a whiteness in the colour.

From Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon by Hooke, Robert