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elder

/ˈeldə/ /ˈɛldə/ /ˈɛldɚ/

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noun

An older person or an older member, usually a leader, of some community.

Examples :

"We were presented to the village elder."

age person family group society religion tradition

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noun

One who is older than another.

Examples :

"Respect your elders."

age family person

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noun

One who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.

Examples :

"My grandfather is an elder of our family, having lived through many important historical events. "

age family history person

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noun

An officer of a church, sometimes having teaching responsibilities.

Examples :

"The elder at the church gave a thoughtful sermon about forgiveness. "

religion person organization

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noun

A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments.

Examples :

"a travelling elder"

religion person theology

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noun

One ordained to the lowest office in the Melchizedek priesthood.

Examples :

"After being a member of the Church for a while, Bill was ordained to the office of elder."

religion theology

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noun

Male missionary.

Examples :

"The elders are coming over for dinner tonight."

religion person

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noun

(often capitalized) Title for a male missionary; title for a general authority.

Examples :

"One of the long-time leaders in the Church is Elder Packer."

religion title person organization

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noun

A pagan or Heathen priest or priestess.

Examples :

"The village elder performed a ritual to honor the goddess of the harvest. "

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verb

To admonish or reprove for improper conduct by the elders of the meeting.

Examples :

"The school's elders will elder the student for not following the dress code. "

age family society moral religion tradition

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adjective

Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.

Examples :

"an old abandoned building; an old friend"

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adjective

Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.

Examples :

"I find that an old toothbrush is good to clean the keyboard with."

age time condition

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adjective

Having existed or lived for the specified time.

Examples :

"The elder brother had been attending the same school for ten years. "

age family person

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adjective

(heading) Of an earlier time.

Examples :

"The elder sister helped her younger brother with his homework. "

time age history

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adjective

Tiresome after prolonged repetition.

Examples :

"Your constant pestering is getting old."

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adjective

Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.

Examples :

"The painting used an elder red, almost a faded rose color, to depict the sunset. "

color appearance

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adjective

A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old, big old and little old, any old and some old.)

Examples :

"The teacher gave the students an old, elder assignment to complete. "

language linguistics

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adjective

Excessive, abundant.

Examples :

"The farmer had an elder supply of potatoes, enough to last through the winter. "

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noun

A small tree, Sambucus nigra, having white flowers in a cluster, and edible purple berries

Examples :

"My grandmother's garden has a beautiful elder bush. "

plant nature biology

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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).

Examples :

"The elder bushes in the park produced beautiful clusters of purple berries. "

plant fruit nature biology