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Definition of elder

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Elder (a.) Born before another; prior in years; senior; earlier; older; as, his elder brother died in infancy; -- opposed to younger, and now commonly applied to a son, daughter, child, brother, etc..

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Elder :: Elder (a.) A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder..

Dame :: Dame (n.) A woman in general, esp. an elderly woman..

Presbyter :: Presbyter (n.) An elder in the early Christian church. See 2d Citation under Bishop, n., 1..

Field :: Field (v. t.) To catch, stop, throw, etc. (the ball), as a fielder..

Presbytery :: Presbytery (n.) A body of elders in the early Christian church.

Sire :: Sire (n.) A tittle of respect formerly used in speaking to elders and superiors, but now only in addressing a sovereign..

Elder :: Elder (a.) Older; more aged, or existing longer..

Ancient :: Ancient (n.) A senior; an elder; a predecessor.

Venerate :: Venerate (v. t.) To regard with reverential respect; to honor with mingled respect and awe; to reverence; to revere; as, we venerate parents and elders..

Sambucus :: Sambucus (n.) A genus of shrubs and trees; the elder.

Mulier :: Mulier (n.) Lawful issue born in wedlock, in distinction from an elder brother born of the same parents before their marriage; a lawful son..

Wallwort :: Wallwort (n.) The dwarf elder, or danewort (Sambucus Ebulus)..

Priest :: Priest (n.) A presbyter elder; a ministe.

Eldership :: Eldership (n.) Office of an elder; collectively, a body of elders..

Patriarch :: Patriarch (n.) A venerable old man; an elder. Also used figuratively.

Skelder :: Skelder (v. t. & i.) To deceive; to cheat; to trick.

Point :: Point (n.) A fielder who is stationed on the off side, about twelve or fifteen yards from, and a little in advance of, the batsman..

Elderwort :: Elderwort (n.) Danewort.

Presbytery :: Presbytery (n.) A judicatory consisting of all the ministers within a certain district, and one layman, who is a ruling elder, from each parish or church, commissioned to represent the church in conjunction with the pastor. This body has a general jurisdiction over the churches under its care, and next below the provincial synod in authority..

Saturn :: Saturn (n.) One of the elder and principal deities, the son of Coelus and Terra (Heaven and Earth), and the father of Jupiter. The corresponding Greek divinity was Kro`nos, later CHro`nos, Time..