Standing in society (6)
I believe the answer is:
status
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">standing in society</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for status that I've seen before include "Social ranking" , "Importance (in society?)" , "Social position - prestige" , "and 9: Existing state of affairs" , "Standing position, perhaps" .)