Definition of Prestige
1. Noun. A high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc.. "He wanted to achieve power and prestige"
Definition of Prestige
1. n. Delusion; illusion; trick.
Definition of Prestige
1. distinction or reputation in the eyes of people [n -S]
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Literary usage of Prestige
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1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"How greatly the German King was strengthened through the close alliance between
Church and State and how it enhanced the prestige of the empire, ..."
2. World Politics at the End of the Nineteenth Century: As Influenced by the by Paul Samuel Reinsch (1900)
"Political prestige and the demonstration of a firm purpose have given to Russia
and Germany the exceptional advantages which they enjoy in their respective ..."
3. The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind by Gustave Le Bon (1896)
"The term is one whose meaning is grasped by everybody, but the word is employed
in ways too different for it to be easy to define it. prestige may involve ..."
4. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1908)
"The sacred word of the editorial calling, as of the other callings we have grouped
in the same category, is " prestige," and nothing short of the danger of ..."
5. The Rise of the Spanish Empire in the Old World and in the New by Roger Bigelow Merriman (1918)
"The extinction of the separate line of Majorcan kings was of course a severe blow
to Palma's commercial prestige. Barcelona did not propose to be hampered ..."
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