The Revolution put an end to the state and prestige of the beautiful mansion.
Yet the Louvre with its prestige and its immense accommodation was never inhabited continuously by the Kings of France, and in the sixteenth century the Palace was so completely abandoned as to be on the verge of ruin.
One especially qualified by social prestige as well as sage statesmanship was needed to be sent to the Court of France.
Himself the son of a revolutionary sire who had rendered gallant service as a captain in the struggle for independence, Governor Pickens bore to the state the prestige of his family when he removed from North Carolina in 1817.
His father belonged to that wealthy class of typical planters that gave prestige to the South on two continents.
A Virginian by birth, Governor Collier had the prestige which comes of distinguished lineage.
Cortes still looked on every rival in the work of extending this portion of the Spanish world as an interloper, even though he must have recognized that his prestigeat the court and in the New World was rapidly lessening.
Renal's prestige that Julien should leave Verrieres to enter the seminary of Besancon or that of Dijon.
Such pleasures, based as they are on prestige and petty vanity mean nothing to me.
Here in the provinces I have all the men of wealth and prestige against me.
Ever intriguing, with first this Power and then that, it was felt that British prestige in Burmah was at a low ebb.
Nothing could have been more fortunate than the prestige which Moodkee gave to the campaign.
His mighty prestige alone kept the shattered remains of his army together.
So great was the prestige of our troops, that the 5000 armed soldiers who formed the garrison marched out submissively, and our Indian cavalry at once took possession, “riding like black demons into the formidable fortress.
The credit of the victory admittedly belongs to Lord Chelmsford, who thus regained much of the prestige which he had forfeited at Isandhlwana.
With such a state of affairs, and no decisive action on the part of our authorities, small wonder that British prestige suffered severely throughout China.
I'd rather say that the things that the snobs admired and particularly embodied have lost prestige during the last twenty years.
All the business of money-making has had a great loss of prestige since 1900.
Suppose France, with its military prestige raised once more to the Napoleonic point, spends its indemnity in building an invincible Armada, stronger and nearer to us than the German one we are now out to destroy!
Let us hear no more of it, but contest our elections like men, and regain the ancient political prestige of England at home as our expeditionary force has regained it abroad.
The mines may be taken as a material effort on the part of Rhodesia to assist Imperial prestige and interests.
Copenhagen was content to follow, and leave art and prestige to take care of themselves.
There is no greater tribute to pay to the inspiring genius behind the Royal Copenhagen Factory than to enumerate these instances of old factories with the prestige of Sèvres and Meissen hailing the newly awakened spirit of a younger factory.
He had the prestige of success, and had generally carried his points in the world of men and things.
Theft is absolutely forbidden by the moral law, whatever name it may assume, or under whatever prestige it may present itself.
To carry the subject further would be sacrificing other more important duties, and giving to selfishness itself the appearance and prestige of virtue.
The prestige which belonged to Charles as head of the Holy Roman Empire was backed by the wealth and commerce of the Netherlands and of Spain, and by the riches of the Spanish colonies in America.
Hallam contrived skilfully to emphasize English prestige by delivering the address of welcome to Sigismund on his formal reception.
Actuated solely by a desire to uphold the prestige of the Grand Fleet, and his own flotilla in particular, he was determined to hurl the Calder between the hostile lines.
The tide of battle, if the action were still being maintained, had rolled away beyond sight and hearing of the little band of heroes who so worthily maintained the prestige of the White Ensign.
Nor did it appear that the avocations mentioned conferred any of that prestige which solely the bull was designed to deny to Jews.
Duke Joseph having disappeared from the scene, the prestige of the Hebrew statesman, Solomon Ashkenazi, the peacemaker between Turkey and Venice, increased.
Beneath the charm of the life and prestige of this brilliant nature, Monsieur de Lucan readily forgave Julia the caprices and peculiarities of which she was lavishly prodigal, especially toward her step-father.
There they were received with marked consideration, even by Mademoiselle Julia, who seemed to feel, to a certain degree, the prestige of these superior natures.
If that union was necessary for the salvation of England and the foundation of the British Empire, it is assuredly no less necessary for the continued security of the one and the maintenance and prestige of the other.
The result would be recriminations and friction which must deplorably injure and lower the reputation and prestige of both the Executive and the Judiciary.
By moral pressure every day his power and prestige were perceptibly crumbling.
The fact that he was resigning from the Supreme Court bench and that he had a remarkably progressive record as Governor of New York added a glamour and prestige to this nomination.
In 1881 she became president of the American Red Cross Society, the organization of which was mainly due to her personal efforts, and its success to her prestige and direction.
This was ingenious, but hardly convincing, one would think; yet Jemima lost little, if any, of her prestige by this fiasco.
This election gave Drusus some little prestige at the capital, and some standing in the courts and politics.
We have numbers, the best position, cavalry, the prestigeof victory.
Every one of these will do any task with pleasure that tends to enhance the commercial prestige and attractive appearance not only of their city but of the Commonwealth.
Durban's wide-awake business men, together with Capetown's high charges to shippers, have taken from Table Bay the maritime prestige she once enjoyed.
Failing here, the prestige of his name--all the prestigehe ever had--was gone.
The heroes of mythology, we are told, are invested with a prestige which historical characters can never have.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "prestige" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
