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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Viburnum :: Viburnum (n.) A genus of shrubs having opposite, petiolate leaves and cymose flowers, several species of which are cultivated as ornamental, as the laurestine and the guelder-rose..
Outfield :: Outfield (n.) The part of the field beyond the diamond, or infield. It is occupied by the fielders..
Elder :: Elder (a.) Older; more aged, or existing longer..
Elder :: Elder (a.) One who is older; a superior in age; a senior.
Gatten Tree :: Gatten tree () A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose (Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle tree (Euonymus Europaeus)..
Skelder :: Skelder (v. t. & i.) To deceive; to cheat; to trick.
Wielder :: Wielder (n.) One who wields or employs; a manager; a controller.
Madam :: Madam (n.) A gentlewoman; -- an appellation or courteous form of address given to a lady, especially an elderly or a married lady; -- much used in the address, at the beginning of a letter, to a woman. The corresponding word in addressing a man is Sir..
Pique :: Pique (n.) In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one..
Eldership :: Eldership (n.) Office of an elder; collectively, a body of elders..
Snowball :: Snowball (n.) The Guelder-rose.
Skelder :: Skelder (n.) A vagrant; a cheat.
Senior :: Senior (a.) More advanced than another in age; prior in age; elder; hence, more advanced in dignity, rank, or office; superior; as, senior member; senior counsel..
Gelder :: Gelder (n.) One who gelds or castrates.
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..
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..
Elder :: Elder (a.) A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder..
Pharisee :: Pharisee (n.) One of a sect or party among the Jews, noted for a strict and formal observance of rites and ceremonies and of the traditions of the elders, and whose pretensions to superior sanctity led them to separate themselves from the other Jews..
Welder :: Welder (n.) A manager; an actual occupant.
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..
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