Privilege - Sometimes in a text a particular character, or ideology, is given greater moral standing or worth over another.

"We don't have any greater standing than any other reasonably sentient human being on what 270 million people are going to do about something."

He is a man of great international standing who has written a very learned book on what he calls political economy.

To bring down this capo would give him great standing in the eyes of his clan-brothers.

Others had been in contention, some of greater standing, but none with more ambition.

The only thing that moves her is the money, the good life, especially shopping and spending money of his son, who appears with greater social standing.

It comes at a time of legal attempts to provide nontraditional families greater standing in areas like housing, health insurance and child visitation.

The family had a great standing in society.

"It gives a man great standing," he said.

The regular scrutiny of the rights records of member states is a key component to the Council's greater standing.