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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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..
Welder :: Welder (n.) One who welds, or wields..
Snowball :: Snowball (n.) The Guelder-rose.
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..
Eldership :: Eldership (n.) Office of an elder; collectively, a body of elders..
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
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..
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..
Patriarch :: Patriarch (n.) A venerable old man; an elder. Also used figuratively.
Overthrow :: Overthrow (n.) A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run..
Wielder :: Wielder (n.) One who wields or employs; a manager; a controller.
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..
Pique :: Pique (n.) In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one..
Elder :: Elder (a.) A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder..
Schwenkfelder :: Schwenkfelder (n.) Alt. of Schwenkfeldia.
Buffer :: Buffer (n.) A good-humored, slow-witted fellow; -- usually said of an elderly man..
Scout :: Scout (n.) A fielder in a game for practice.
Water Elder :: Water elder () The guelder-rose.
Eldership :: Eldership (n.) The state of being older; seniority.
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