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   prestige

   /prɛˈstiː(d)ʒ/

   noun

   • 1. widespread respect and admiration felt for someone or something on the basis of a perception of their achievements or quality: "the firm has recently gained considerable prestige"
   • ▪ denoting something that arouses widespread respect or admiration: "prestige diplomatic posts"

   Word Origin mid 17th century (in the sense ‘illusion, conjuring trick’): from French, literally ‘illusion, glamour’, from late Latin praestigium ‘illusion’, from Latin praestigiae (plural) ‘conjuring tricks’. The transference of meaning occurred by way of the sense ‘dazzling influence, glamour’, at first depreciatory.

   Derivatives

   • 1. prestigeful adjective

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