Hog centre of pew, keeping others standing (8)
I believe the answer is:
prestige
'standing' is the definition.
(prestige is a kind of standing)
'hog centre of pew keeping others' is the wordplay.
'hog' becomes 'pig' ('pig' can be a synonym of 'hog').
'centre of' says to take the centre.
'keeping' indicates putting letters inside.
'others' becomes 'rest' (I've seen this before).
The middle of 'pew' is 'e'.
'pig'+'e'='pige'
'pige' placed around 'rest' is 'PRESTIGE'.
(Other definitions for prestige that I've seen before include "High esteem" , "Kudos" , "Highly-regarded" , "Distinction or high reputation" , "Reputation, standing" .)