Tradition vs Prestige - What's the difference?
tradition | prestige |
A part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays.
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A commonly held system. (rfex)
The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.
* Blackstone
(obsolete) To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down.
* Fuller
(obsolete) Delusion; illusion; trick.
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The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.
In obsolete terms the difference between tradition and prestige
is that tradition is to transmit by way of tradition; to hand down while prestige is delusion; illusion; trick.As a verb tradition
is to transmit by way of tradition; to hand down.tradition
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(wikipedia tradition)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Evidently he did not mean to be a mere figurehead, but to carry on the old tradition of Wilsthorpe's; and that was considered to be a good thing in itself and an augury for future prosperity.}}
- A deed takes effect only from the tradition or delivery.
Derived terms
* traditional * traditionally * traditionalismSynonyms
* (a commonly held system) doctrineVerb
(en verb)- The following story is traditioned with very much credit amongst our English Catholics.
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(-)- The sophisms of infidelity, and the prestiges of imposture.
- Oxford has a university of very high prestige .
