[keybored]

Prestige = elite strata. That answers my question.

[vidarh]

Yes, coming from the elite strata is and has objectively been considered signifiers of high status and prestige in most societies throughout human history.

I sense that you are trying to imply that I am applying some kind of value judgement in recognising what people have historically found prestigiuous.

If so you are completely missing the point.

[keybored]

That the elite strata is prestigious according to History is tautological considering what History is.

[vidarh]

Of course that is not at all what I wrote.

[keybored]

You said history. I thought you were referring to that empirical discipline.

What is prestigious is an empirical question.