Lineage and Prestige

Lineage

Lineage noun - The line of ancestors from whom a person is descended.

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Prestige and lineage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prestige" instead a noun "Lineage".

Nearby Word: line

Prestige noun - A high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc..

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Lineage and prestige are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lineage" instead a noun "Prestige".

Nearby Word: prestigious

good	good lineage	good prestige
certain	certain lineage	certain prestige
original	original lineage	original prestige
real	real lineage	real prestige
Other adjectives: great, significant, royal.

Elves barely have any concept of "rank"; while they attach prestige to lineage, an individual's actual power mostly derives solely from other elves being willing to follow him (though if a given leader doesn't make many mistakes, other Elves will tend to prefer status quo to revolution).

Source: Just the First Citizen
Miles is the closest to a self-made character in the series as he made himself a mercenary warlord in an area to far away from his planet for anyone to know about his princely lineage and used that to do covert ops for his native planet until he rose high in power and prestige.

Source: Never a Self-Made Woman
Either way, they have a natural prestige within the Order due to their Lineage.

Source: Tabletop Game / Ars Magica

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