Sentence examples similar to prestigious ancestry from inspiring English sources
The professional bureaucracy consisted of elite families who had established residence in Kaifeng or subordinate capitals, claimed prestigious clan ancestry, had intermarried with other prominent families, had members in higher offices over generations, and periodically dominated Song government until the 12th century.
She became one of the thousands of scholars and researchers banished from German academe, which at the time included many of the world's most prestigious research institutions, on account of Jewish ancestry or opposition to Nazi policies.
After a rash of victories in prestigious English races by French horses with "tainted" American ancestry in the 1940s, the Jersey Act was rescinded in 1949.
The first six minutes of the hour-long debate, however, were dominated by a controversy that has dogged Warren — her claim that she is of Native American ancestry and the questions that Republicans have raised about whether that gave her an advantage in receiving prestigious faculty appointments.
Prestigious, leafy, wealthy Oxford.
Prestigious summer plans?
("Exclusive," "prestigious," "luxurious," "envy-inducing").
Salt Lake City : Ancestry, c1997.
"They have common ancestry.
