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noun
The position of being elder or senior; seniority, precedence of birth, primogeniture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The personality of an elderly person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, nonce-word, uncountable
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noun
The office or position of elder in a church.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The collective body of (ecclesiastical) elders; a body or court of elders, a presbytery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The smallest administrative division in Lithuania, equivalent to a ward.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: elderate
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noun
the office of elder
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
History
From elder + -ship. The Lithuanian sense is a calque of Lithuanian seniūnija.
