With reference to people: high rank or status. Also: superiority of character, thought, or behaviour; nobility, dignity; moral excellence.

Honourable or high estate, position, or estimation; honour; degree of estimation, rank.

Dignity, high status.

Social rank or status by birth, esp. high social rank or status. Obsolete (chiefly Scottish in later use).

Exalted rank, estate, or degree. Obsolete.

High social position or status; social distinction. Also in military or professional contexts. Also concrete: people of high status collectively.

Style of living, esp. a grand or expensive style; rank, status, social standing. Obsolete.

Fortune, rank. Obsolete. rare.

Elevated position or rank; high status. Also as a (mock) title of respect. Obsolete.

Recognized official rank or position; status, capacity, established function, role; position occupied in… Of a person or body of people.

High office, rank, dignity, or esteem; nobility of status. Formerly also: †a high rank or status (obsolete). Now archaic.

spec. High social position or status; social distinction. Frequently in of (also †in) station.

Nautical. The class or rank of a member of a ship's crew; (also in plural) the members of a crew belonging to this class; = rating, n.1 2.

the quality or condition of being elevated.

Rank; person or persons of quality.