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Elders

/ˈɛldəz/

An older person or an older member, usually a leader, of some community.

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noun
  1. 1

    An older person or an older member, usually a leader, of some community.

    "We were presented to the village elder."

  2. 2

    One who is older than another.

    "Respect your elders."

  3. 3

    One who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.

  4. 4

    An officer of a church, sometimes having teaching responsibilities.

verb
  1. 1

    To admonish or reprove for improper conduct by the elders of the meeting.

    "I was eldered for directly responding to someone else's message in meeting for worship."

noun
  1. 1

    A small tree, Sambucus nigra, having white flowers in a cluster, and edible purple berries

  2. 2

    Any of the other species of the genus Sambucus: small trees, shrubs or herbaceous perennials with red, purple, or white/yellow berries (some of which are poisonous).

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seniornoun(now chiefly US) An old person.
oldernounA surname.
bignounSomeone or something that is large in stature.
elderberry bushnounany of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
adultsnounA person who has reached the legal age of majority.
agednoun(with definite article, collective) Old people, collectively.
agingnounThe process of becoming older or more mature.
alumninoun(sometimes proscribed) An individual alumnus or alumna.
ancestorsnounan American five-piece doom metal ensemble, residing in Los Angeles, California, United States.
anciensnoun
ancientnounA person who lived in ancient times.
ancientsnounThe people of classical antiquity, especially such writers and philosophers.
buddhistnounA practitioner of the religion and philosophy of Buddhism.
chiefsnounThe (formerly known as the Waikato Chiefs and officially called the Gallagher Chiefs for sponsorship reasons) a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Hamilton, Waikato.
deansnounAn unincorporated community in South Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.
elderliesnounThe quality or state of being elderly
elderlynoun(with definite article, collective) Older people as a whole.
formernounSomeone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder.
headsnounOne side of a coin:
leadersnounan American Christian metal band from Hollister, California.

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