social rank

There was far less sense that military rank was aligned with social rank.

Mrs. Scudders notions of social rank could reach no higher than to place her daughter on the throne of such pre-eminence.

Here the family, even among those of the highest social rank, had once a sacred simplicity pleasant to remember.

Generally, gallantry and unblemished reputation were the conditions of social rank among the knights themselves.

The former assailant now defended the social rank which he had attained against both the enemies above and the enemies below.

He was highest in social rank of all the early Friends, and after Fox himself the best exponent of the fundamental Quaker idea.