Definition of elder

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Elder (a.) A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder..

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Snowball :: Snowball (n.) The Guelder-rose.
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..
Legitimist :: Legitimist (n.) Specifically, a supporter of the claims of the elder branch of the Bourbon dynasty to the crown of France..
Slip :: Slip (n.) A fielder stationed on the off side and to the rear of the batsman. There are usually two of them, called respectively short slip, and long slip..
Skilder :: Skilder (v. i.) To beg; to pilfer; to skelder.
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..
Welder :: Welder (n.) A manager; an actual occupant.
Diselder :: Diselder (v. t.) To deprive of an elder or elders, or of the office of an elder..
Wallwort :: Wallwort (n.) The dwarf elder, or danewort (Sambucus Ebulus)..
Skelder :: Skelder (n.) A vagrant; a cheat.
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..
Danewort :: Danewort (n.) A fetid European species of elder (Sambucus Ebulus); dwarf elder; wallwort; elderwort; -- called also Daneweed, Dane's weed, and Dane's-blood. [Said to grow on spots where battles were fought against the Danes.].
Elder :: Elder (a.) An aged person; one who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.
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..
"""cover-point " :: Cover-point (n.) The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports point..
Eldership :: Eldership (n.) The state of being older; seniority.
Field :: Field (v. t.) To catch, stop, throw, etc. (the ball), as a fielder..
Methodist :: Methodist (a.) Of or pertaining to the sect of Methodists; as, Methodist hymns; a Methodist elder..
Leg :: Leg (n.) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter..
Point :: Point (n.) A fielder who is stationed on the off side, about twelve or fifteen yards from, and a little in advance of, the batsman..
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