held
grabbed
ANSWERABLE : (held) responsible (for), culpable, accountable, liable
blamed/charged with
incumbent
1646 a legal word, 'held through the favour of another. from the Latin 'precarius' meaning obtained by asking or praying
Were held is not a compound word.
Sappy NO, SORRY YOU ARE WRONG. "held in high regard" would be well-thought-of, or well-liked, admired, thought of as special.
Another word for high statues could be monuments SORRY, YOU ARE WRONG. CHECK SPELLING FOR THE CORRECT WORD. High status means wealthy, educated, held in high regard by others, famous for some reason.
"Seance" is a word that means held to communicate with spirits.
The noun 'proxy' is a singular, common noun. The noun 'proxy' is an abstract noun as a word for the authority held by one person to act for another. The noun 'proxy' is a concrete noun as a word for a person authorized to act on behalf of another; a word for documentation of that authority.
"Held constant", "kept constant", "maintained the same...", are a few ideas.