elder
IPA: ˈɛɫdɝ
noun
- A leader of a community, someone of great age or seniority.
- (now chiefly US) An old person.
- One who is older than another.
- One who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.
- An officer of a church, sometimes having teaching responsibilities.
- A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments.
- (Canada) An older Indigenous person respected as an authority figure, especially when in a counselling, consultative, or ceremonial role.
- (US, Mormonism) One ordained to the lowest office in the Melchizedek priesthood.
- (US, Mormonism) Male missionary.
- (Mormonism, often capitalized) Title for a male missionary; title for a general authority.
- (Germanic paganism) A pagan or Heathen priest or priestess.
- A small tree, Sambucus nigra, having white flowers in a cluster, and edible purple berries.
- Any of the other species of the genus Sambucus: small trees, shrubs or herbaceous perennials with red, purple, or white/yellow berries (some of which are poisonous).
- A cow's udder, especially used as food.
- A surname.
verb
- (Quakerism) To admonish or reprove for improper conduct by the elders of the meeting.
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Examples of "elder" in Sentences
- She is the elder of the twins.
- The elders report to the pastor.
- Many elders are in retrogression.
- She confabulated with the elders.
- The children embittered the elders.
- He was most obedient to the elders.
- Elders are the wise and the old of the village.
- He is responsible for the welfare of the elders.
- The Elder is essentially the leader of the Group.
- Elder of the Mathur family and is a real prankster even in this age.
- Southern comfortable gentleman waits in elder shadows for bears & bunnys.
- The elder is smoking while looking at the riverside, waiting for the ritual of God Boat Burning to proceed.
- Taking care of a elder is a emotional challenge because of some of the negative behavior exhibited by the elder.
- Mr. Gore being a party elder is a result of more than age, Both you and John Edwards might as well wait until June 3rd.
- He refers to the elder Dubus affectionately as "Pop" and doesn't seem embittered by the havoc the man wreaked on his family.
- Ultimately, a friend who works in elder care made the difference, by describing some of the horrible foreskin infections she has had to treat in older patients.
- The thing about George Bush the elder is that if you paid enough attention to him and what he said, at a certain point you could safely assume that whatever statement issued from his mouth, invariably the opposite was the case. —
- Mark Isaacs, former chief of psychological services at Spring Grove Hospital in Catonsville, Md., who is known as an elder statesman of the program, said "the whole atmosphere became charged with tension" after the changes earlier this year.
- Democratic aides, speaking anonymously, said Lieberman told Reid he would actually go so far as to support a Republican-led filibuster against the bill if it contained any of the provisions (such as long term elder care, or help for the disabled) that he opposed.
- The term elder, or old man as the Hebrew literally imports, was one of extensive use, as an official title, among the Hebrews and the surrounding nations, because the heads of tribes and the leading people who had acquired influence were naturally the older people of the nation.