💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Elder brethren"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| eldersnoun | A leader or senior member of a tribe or community, often of considerable age, respected as an authority figure, especially in a counselling, consultative, or ceremonial role. |
| eldershipnoun | The position or office of being an elder. |
| exclusive brethren | a subset of the Christian evangelical movement generally described as the Plymouth Brethren. |
| forefathersnoun | An ancestor. |
| brotherhoodnoun | An association of people for any purpose, such as a society of monks; a fraternity. |
| brothersnoun | "Brothers" is the 77th episode of the syndicated American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, the third episode of the fourth season. |
| apostlesnoun | (law) Letters dismissory. |
| clansmennoun | A male member of a clan. |
| ancestorsnoun | an American five-piece doom metal ensemble, residing in Los Angeles, California, United States. |
| ascendantsnoun | (astrology, also figurative) The degree of the zodiac or point of the ecliptic which rises in an eastern direction above the horizon at a particular moment (especially the moment of a person's birth), which is supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's fortune and life; a horoscope. |
| forefathernoun | An ancestor. |
| patriarchsnoun | (biblical) A male leader of a family, tribe or ethnic group, especially one of the twelve sons of Jacob (considered to have created the twelve tribes of Israel) or (in plural) Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. |
| kinsmennoun | A male relative. |
| kinsfolknoun | Alternative spelling of kinfolk. [(US) Relatives, relations.] |
| grandfathersnoun | A father of someone's parent. |
| plymouth brethren | The Plymouth Brethren or Assemblies of Brethren are a low church and Nonconformist Christian movement whose history can be traced back to Dublin, Ireland, in the mid to late 1820s, where it originated from Anglicanism. |
| brotherly | Of or characteristic of brothers. |
| ealdormennoun | — |
| prophetsnoun | (Judaism, Christianity) A division of the Old Testament, comprising the books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Twelve. |
| forebearsnoun | An ancestor. |
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