Definition of elder

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

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Elder :: Elder (a.) Older; more aged, or existing longer..
Elderwort :: Elderwort (n.) Danewort.
Priest :: Priest (n.) A presbyter elder; a ministe.
"""cover-point " :: Cover-point (n.) The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports point..
Presbyter :: Presbyter (n.) An elder in the early Christian church. See 2d Citation under Bishop, n., 1..
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..
Leg :: Leg (n.) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter..
Elder :: Elder (a.) One who is older; a superior in age; a senior.
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..
Eldest :: Eldest (a.) Born or living first, or before the others, as a son, daughter, brother, etc.; first in origin. See Elder..
Water Elder :: Water elder () The guelder-rose.
Skilder :: Skilder (v. i.) To beg; to pilfer; to skelder.
Gelder-rose :: Gelder-rose (n.) Same as Guelder-rose.
Elder :: 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..
Ancient :: Ancient (n.) A senior; an elder; a predecessor.
Saturn :: Saturn (n.) One of the elder and principal deities, the son of Coelus and Terra (Heaven and Earth), and the father of Jupiter. The corresponding Greek divinity was Kro`nos, later CHro`nos, Time..
Patriarch :: Patriarch (n.) A venerable old man; an elder. Also used figuratively.
Elder :: Elder (a.) A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder..
Welder :: Welder (n.) A manager; an actual occupant.
Scout :: Scout (n.) A fielder in a game for practice.
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