Prestige

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Prestige may refer to:

• Prestige (sociology), good reputation or high esteem, though in earlier usage, it meant showiness. It derives from the same source as prestidigitation, sleight of hand
• Prestige is an important term in sociolinguistics. It pertains to describing various varieties and dialects, and their degrees of formality
• Prestige cars, expensive vehicles which enjoy a high degree of esteem among the public
• Prestige Elite, a typeface
• Prestige Records, an American jazz label founded in 1949
• Prestige, a single-hulled oil tanker whose sinking in 2002 off the Spanish coast caused a very large oil spill
• Prestige guitars, an instrument maker based in Vancouver, British Columbia
• Prestige format, a square-bound printing format for comic books
• Prestige (warez), a games warez group during the mid-90's
• The Prestige, a 1995 novel by Christopher Priest
• The Prestige, a 2006 film based on the novel by Christopher Priest
• Prestige classes, in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, character classes that offer specialized, exclusive abilities once certain restrictive requirements are met

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