pillar of society (?.)
- Christian
- Establishment
- baron
- big gun
- big man
- big name
- bigwig
- brass
- brass hat
- burgher
- celebrity
- dignitary
- dignity
- elder
- exemplary citizen
- father
- figure
- good citizen
- good neighbor
- great man
- important person
- interests
- lion
- lords of creation
- magnate
- man of mark
- mogul
- nabob
- name
- notability
- notable
- panjandrum
- person of renown
- personage
- personality
- power
- power elite
- respectable citizen
- ruling circle
- sachem
- somebody
- something
- the great
- the top
- top brass
- top people
- true Christian
- tycoon
- very important person
- worthy