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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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..
Ancient :: Ancient (n.) A senior; an elder; a predecessor.
Leg :: Leg (n.) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter..
Buffer :: Buffer (n.) A good-humored, slow-witted fellow; -- usually said of an elderly man..
Fielding :: Fielding (n.) The act of playing as a fielder.
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..
Elderish :: Elderish (a.) Somewhat old; elderly.
Eldest :: Eldest (a.) Born or living first, or before the others, as a son, daughter, brother, etc.; first in origin. See Elder..
"""cover-point " :: Cover-point (n.) The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports point..
Elder :: Elder (a.) One who is older; a superior in age; a senior.
Porphyrogenitism :: Porphyrogenitism (n.) The principle of succession in royal families, especially among the Eastern Roman emperors, by which a younger son, if born after the accession of his father to the throne, was preferred to an elder son who was not so born..
Senate :: Senate (n.) A body of elders appointed or elected from among the nobles of the nation, and having supreme legislative authority..
Methodist :: Methodist (a.) Of or pertaining to the sect of Methodists; as, Methodist hymns; a Methodist elder..
Deacon :: Deacon (n.) An officer in Christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in different communions. In the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, a person admitted to the lowest order in the ministry, subordinate to the bishops and priests. In Presbyterian churches, he is subordinate to the minister and elders, and has charge of certain duties connected with the communion service and the care of the poor. In Congregational churches, he is subordinate to the pastor, and
Elder :: Elder (a.) Older; more aged, or existing longer..
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..
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..
Elderwort :: Elderwort (n.) Danewort.
Scout :: Scout (n.) A fielder in a game for practice.
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..
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