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The relative position of an individual within a group, or of a group within a society.  1
‡ Though the term can refer to either high or low standing, it is often used only to imply a position of prestige.  2
 
 
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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