A person of great or fine repute is someone who's widely known and highly respected. The word has a stuffy feel, so you're better off describing a cellist as being of great repute than, say, a rapper or comedian.
To hold in thought; to account; to estimate; to hold; to think; to reckon.
Noun
the state of being held in high esteem and honor
Verb
look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent"
v. t.
To hold in thought; to account; to estimate; to hold; to
think; to reckon.
n.
Character reputed or attributed; reputation, whether good
or bad; established opinion; public estimate.
n.
Specifically: Good character or reputation; credit or honor
derived from common or public opinion; -- opposed to disrepute.
Repute
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
The king your father was reputed for A prince most prudent.
Repute
He who regns Monarch in heaven, till then as one secure Sat on his throne, upheld by old repute.2.
To hold in thought; to account; to estimate; to hold; to think; to reckon.
Character reputed or attributed; reputation, whether good or bad; established opinion; public estimate.
Usage Examples
The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength and the means of showing pecuniary strength, and so of gaining or retaining a good name, are leisure and a conspicuous consumption of goods.
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