Even after the Meiji period, 'Taishin' remained as a word referring to a high government official, a head of Zaibatsu (a financial clique or group, or company syndicate), and the peerage until the time of World War II in the Showa period.
明治時代以降になっても「大身」は政府高官や財閥の当主、華族などを指す語として、第二次世界大戦の昭和期ごろまでは残った。