esteemed
If lots of people respect you and you're known around town as a wise and intelligent person whose opinion matters, then you're esteemed.
Esteemed comes from the verb esteem, which means "to think valuable." If you are esteemed, then people think you're a valuable person to have around, and have a lot of respect for you. If you're hosting a dinner party with a special guest, an elderly man who has traveled the world and written many books, you could introduce him as your esteemed guest.
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having an illustrious reputation; respected
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In the 1940s, a working class African-American family in Chicago must decide how to best spend a ten-thousand dollar insurance payout.
Vocabulary from "Beowulf" (translated by by Gummere).
Originally published as "On the Duty of Disobedience" and based on an 1848 lecture, Thoreau's work is a civil libertarian classic. Questioning the authority of all governments, Thoreau especially challenges both the right of the state to tax him and the morality of a government that allows slavery. Read the full text here.