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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GREY EMINENCE

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Grey eminence is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GREY EMINENCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

grey eminence

Éminence grise

An éminence grise is a powerful decision-maker or advisor who operates "behind the scenes" or in a non-public or unofficial capacity. This phrase originally referred to François Leclerc du Tremblay, the right-hand man of Cardinal Richelieu. Leclerc was a Capuchin friar who was renowned for his beige robe attire The title "His Eminence" is used to address or refer to a Cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church. Although Leclerc never achieved the rank of Cardinal, those around him addressed him as such in deference to the considerable influence this "grey" friar held over "His Eminence the Cardinal". Leclerc is popularly referred to in several works. Aldous Huxley wrote an English biography of Leclerc entitled Grey Eminence. There is also an 1873 painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme, L'Éminence Grise, which depicts him descending the grand staircase of the Palais Cardinal. Leclerc is referred to in Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers as the character Father Joseph, a powerful associate of Richelieu and one to be feared.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GREY EMINENCE

grey alder
grey area
grey body
grey duck
grey fox
Grey Friar
grey gum
grey gurnard
grey heron
grey import
grey knight
grey market
grey matter
grey mullet
grey nomad
grey nurse shark
Grey Owl
grey panther
grey plover
grey power

WORDS THAT END LIKE GREY EMINENCE

abstinence
at your convenience
continence
desinence
eminence
immanence
imminence
impermanence
impertinence
inabstinence
incontinence
permanence
pertinence
postponence
pre-eminence
preheminence
prominence
remanence
supereminence
thermoremanence

Synonyms and antonyms of grey eminence in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «grey eminence» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GREY EMINENCE

Find out the translation of grey eminence to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

灰色隆起
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

eminencia gris
570 millions of speakers

English

grey eminence
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ग्रे श्रेष्ठता
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

سماحة الرمادية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

серый кардинал
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

eminência parda
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ধূসর লালন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

éminence grise
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kemuliaan kelabu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

graue Eminenz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

陰の実力者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

회색 예하
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Werna abu-abu
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

ưu việt màu xám
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சாம்பல் சிறப்பம்சம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

राखाडी श्रेष्ठत्व
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Gri ihtişamı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

eminenza grigia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szara eminencja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сірий кардинал
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

eminență cenușie
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

γκρι υπεροχή
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

grys voorrang
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

grå eminens
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

grå eminense
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GREY EMINENCE»

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Grey Eminence
In his masterful biography, Huxley explores how an intensely religious man could lead such a life and how he could reconcile the seemingly opposing moral systems of religion and politics.
Aldous Huxley, 2010
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Grey Eminence: Fox Conner and the Art of Mentorship
This book combines existing scholarship with long-forgotten references and unpublished original sources to achieve a more comprehensive picture of this dedicated public servant.
Edward Cox, 2010
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His Grey Eminence, the True Friar Joseph of Bulwer Lytton's ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Robert Francis O'Connor, 2011
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Aldous Huxley, Representative Man
Grey Eminence "Limbo" is the title Sybille Bedford gives to the war years. Huxley's [...] life was mainly what, for want of a better word, we must call the inner life: a process of gradual self-transformation, the fruits of which are traceable, perhaps, ...
James Hull, Gerhard Wagner, 2004
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Power: Its Forms, Bases, and Uses
One thinks of 'grey eminence' roles: behind-the-scenes intriguers and wire- pullers, advisers to princes, political bosses controlling from smoke-filled rooms the politicians who receive the plaudits of crowds, and members of presidential ...
Dennis Hume Wrong, 1980
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of London
Some of the fibres which form the point of the fillet, as well as others coming from the anterior border of the pons Varolii, are connected with the grey eminence of the fifth nerve. In tracing the caput cornu towards the brain, it is found to extend ...
‎1862
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Reflections on Exile and Other Essays
Grey Eminence Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) was probably the most powerful and famous American journalist of this century, a fact confirmed many times over in Ronald Steel's extraordinarily fine biography, Walter Lippmann and the ...
Edward W. Said, 2000
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Requiem for Revolution: The United States and Brazil, 1961-1969
"Then there suddenly appeared in the presidential palace in Brazil a kind of grey eminence," Gordon recalled, "an extraordinary man, apparently exerting quite a lot of influence on Goulart, who was basically moderate in his view and with ...
Ruth Leacock, 1990
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On Poetry and Politics
The first English translation of Jean Paulhan's major essays
Jean Paulhan, Jennifer Bajorek, Eric Trudel, 2008
10
Last Things
The debate was on defence policy, and it was well known that he was a grey eminence: no, not so grey, for his views had been published, in his time he had gained negative popularity because of them. Ever since he was a young man, in fact, ...
C. P. Snow, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GREY EMINENCE»

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Michael Oren's memoir Ally exposes thin skins in Obama circles
The nastiest comments came from Leon Wieseltier, the grey eminence of minor magazines, and the most tedious ones came from the ... «The Australian, Jun 15»
2
Time to Kick Politics Out of Sports
When Sepp Blatter resigned as FIFA's grey eminence, the world shook. The global north sighed in relief and proclaimed almost hysterically that ... «Huffington Post UK, Jun 15»
3
AA Grundi: Is Worksop ready for street art?
Now it appears our local college is determined to create an actual Stonehenge in our fair town - given the dark grey eminence which has ... «Retford Today, Jun 15»
4
'Salad Days': A history of DC punk rock's musical moment
Fugazi frontman Ian MacKaye, in his de facto role as the grey eminence of the District's music scene, appears throughout "Salad Days: A ... «Kane County Chronicle, Jun 15»
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Book excerpt: Amrita Shah explores Ahmedabad's changeable …
Now, nearly three decades later, Ashok Bhatt is a grey eminence... http://www.hindustantimes.com/Images/popup/2015/ Quite flows the ... «Hindustan Times, May 15»
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The esoteric voice of Gábor Vona's spiritual mentor
... is said to be an influential voice, so Vona also has a “grey eminence” behind him with whom he confers on all important issues, and his name ... «Budapest Times, May 15»
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Survival of the fittest? World's major nuclear builders are in for a long …
If France is the formal leader in nuclear energy in the European Union, Russia here is something of a grey eminence. The European company ... «Bellona, May 15»
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Friday's Letters: Fear of any change at all
Let's not forget that some credit for the result of Tuesday's provincial election goes to Preston Manning, the grey eminence behind last ... «Edmonton Journal, May 15»
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EDITORIAL: NDP stalwarts Gosse, Corbett served N.S. well
But being out of sight was perhaps poetically fitting for a man who was something of a grey eminence as Darrell Dexter's right-hand man. «TheChronicleHerald.ca, Apr 15»
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Macedonia's Massive Illegal Wiretapping Operation Allegedly …
The son of late Minister of Interior Jordan Mijalkov, Sasho Mijalkov, who is seen as the grey eminence behind the family “throne”, served in ... «Global Voices Online, Mar 15»

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