The phrase "privileged status" means having a special advantage or benefit compared to others. It refers to a higher position or condition that provides certain rights, opportunities, or power. Full definition
It may be because the first smell you associate with an object is given privileged status in the brain. (newscientist.com)
As you may recall from biology class, the brain enjoys what's known as immune privileged status. (discovermagazine.com)
The same privileged status of the oppressed can be explained relationally apart from the end of the world, in terms of the congruence of their experience and God's. (religion-online.org)