いとく

偉徳
outstanding virtue
威徳
virtue & influence
遺徳
benefit from ancestors' virtue

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I

いとく【威徳】

virtue and influence [power, authority].

●その王は生まれながらに威徳が備わっていた. The king possessed innate virtue and authority.

II

いとく【遺徳】

benefit derived from the virtue of one's ancestors [forebears]; the beneficial influence of the departed.

●私たちは田中氏の遺徳をしのんで碑を建てた. We erected a monument to the illustrious memory of Mr. Tanaka.