Prestige

prestige
    n 1: a high standing achieved through success or influence or
         wealth etc.; "he wanted to achieve power and prestige"
         [syn: {prestige}, {prestigiousness}]
    

Prestige \Pres"tige\ (?; 277), n. [F., fr. L. praestigum
   delusion, illusion, praestigae deceptions, jugglers' tricks,
   prob. fr. prae before + the root of stinguere to extinguish,
   originally, to prick. See {Stick}, v.]
   1. Delusion; illusion; trick. [Obs.]
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            The sophisms of infidelity, and the prestiges of
            imposture.                            --Bp.
                                                  Warburton.
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   2. Weight or influence derived from past success; expectation
      of future achievements founded on those already
      accomplished; force or charm derived from acknowledged
      character or reputation. "The prestige of his name must go
      for something." --Sir G. C. Lewis.
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132 Moby Thesaurus words for "prestige":
      accomplishment, admiration, adoration, apotheosis, appreciation,
      approbation, approval, ascendancy, authority, awe,
      breathless adoration, cachet, celebrity, charisma, charm, clout,
      consequence, consideration, control, courtesy, credit, deanship,
      deference, deification, dignity, distinction, dominance,
      domination, duty, effect, eminence, enchantment, esteem,
      estimation, exaggerated respect, excellence, face, fame, favor,
      force, glamor, glory, good feeling, great respect, greatness,
      hero worship, high place, high regard, hold, homage, honor,
      idolatry, idolization, illustriousness, importance,
      incidental power, incomparability, influence, influentiality,
      influentialness, inimitability, insinuation, kudos, lead,
      leadership, leverage, magnetism, majority, mastery, memorability,
      moment, notability, noteworthiness, one-upmanship, personality,
      persuasion, position, potency, power, precedence, predominance,
      predomination, preeminence, preponderance, prepotence, prepotency,
      prerogative, pressure, primacy, priority, privilege, prominence,
      purchase, rank, regard, reign, remarkableness, renown, reputation,
      repute, respect, reverence, reverential regard, right-of-way, rule,
      salience, say, seniority, significance, skill, standing, stardom,
      state, station, stature, status, suasion, subtle influence,
      success, suggestion, superiority, supremacy, sway, transcendence,
      transcendency, upper hand, veneration, virtuosity, weight,
      weightiness, whip hand, worship