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Diselder :: Diselder (v. t.) To deprive of an elder or elders, or of the office of an elder..

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.

Elderish :: Elderish (a.) Somewhat old; elderly.

Schwenkfelder :: Schwenkfelder (n.) Alt. of Schwenkfeldia.

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

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

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

Legitimist :: Legitimist (n.) Specifically, a supporter of the claims of the elder branch of the Bourbon dynasty to the crown of France..

Matronal :: Matronal (a.) Of or pertaining to a matron; suitable to an elderly lady or to a married woman; grave; motherly.

Methodist :: Methodist (a.) Of or pertaining to the sect of Methodists; as, Methodist hymns; a Methodist elder..

Duenna :: Duenna (n.) An elderly lady holding a station between a governess and companion, and appointed to have charge over the younger ladies in a Spanish or a Portuguese family..

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..

Sambucus :: Sambucus (n.) A genus of shrubs and trees; the elder.

Over :: Over (n.) A certain number of balls (usually four) delivered successively from behind one wicket, after which the ball is bowled from behind the other wicket as many times, the fielders changing places..

Elder :: Elder (a.) An aged person; one who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.

Welder :: Welder (n.) One who welds, or unites pieces of iron, etc., by welding..

Presbyter :: Presbyter (n.) An elder in the early Christian church. See 2d Citation under Bishop, n., 1..

Gelder :: Gelder (n.) One who gelds or castrates.

Water Elder :: Water elder () The guelder-rose.

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