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Senate :: Senate (n.) A body of elders appointed or elected from among the nobles of the nation, and having supreme legislative authority..

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

Gatten Tree :: Gatten tree () A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose (Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle tree (Euonymus Europaeus)..

Eldest :: Eldest (a.) Born or living first, or before the others, as a son, daughter, brother, etc.; first in origin. See Elder..

Matronly :: Matronly (a.) Advanced in years; elderly.

Fielder :: Fielder (n.) A ball payer who stands out in the field to catch or stop balls.

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..

Guelderrose'' :: Guelderrose' (n.) A cultivated variety of a species of Viburnum (V. Opulus), bearing large bunches of white flowers; -- called also snowball tree..

Eldern :: Eldern (a.) Made of elder.

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

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..

Scout :: Scout (n.) A fielder in a game for practice.

Elder :: Elder (a.) One who is older; a superior in age; a senior.

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

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..

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

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

Skelder :: Skelder (n.) A vagrant; a cheat.

Sir :: Sir (n.) A respectful title, used in addressing a man, without being prefixed to his name; -- used especially in speaking to elders or superiors; sometimes, also, used in the way of emphatic formality..

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

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