Managed to meet king, bringing status (4)
I believe the answer is:
rank
'status' is the definition.
(I know that rank is a type of status)
'managed to meet king' is the wordplay.
'managed' becomes 'ran' (both can mean organised or was in charge of).
'to meet' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'king' becomes 'K' (chess abbreviation).
'ran'+'k'='RANK'
'bringing' is the link.
(Other definitions for rank that I've seen before include "Very undesirable" , "position in forces" , "Foul - station" , "Very smelly - position" , "Where taxis wait - foul" .)