elder

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1. elder - Noun

2. elder - Adjective

3. elder - Verb

4. elder - Adjective Satellite

5. Elder - Proper noun

Meaning

Older; more aged, or existing longer.

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.

One who is older; a superior in age; a senior.

An aged person; one who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.

A person who, on account of his age, occupies the office of ruler or judge; hence, a person occupying any office appropriate to such as have the experience and dignity which age confers; as, the elders of Israel; the elders of the synagogue; the elders in the apostolic church.

A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder.

A genus of shrubs (Sambucus) having broad umbels of white flowers, and small black or red berries.

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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius. Joseph Addison

I conceive there lies a clear rule in Titus that the elder women should instruct the younger and then I must have a time wherein I must do it. Anne Hutchinson

Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency. John Updike

A man one year elder to you is one cunning year elder to you. Somali Proverb

A deer is an elder to its family. Somali Proverb

An Elder does not break wind in public, but in a latrine. South African Proverb

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