Catholic Dictionary
Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations). Based on Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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PRESTIGE MOTIVE
The desire to attain recognition by one's friends and by society in general. Identified by spiritual writers as a basic human instinct that needs to be controlled as a precondition for sanctity.