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Elder

speaker

Meaning

Adj

:
,
another in
or seniority.

Noun

An
person.
A
of a
, someone of great
or seniority.
One who is
than another.
One who
at an
; a predecessor.
An
of a
, sometimes having
responsibilities.
A
to
all the sacraments.
In Canadian English:
An
Indigenous person
as an
, especially when in a
,
, or
role.
In American English & Mormonism:
One
to the
in the Melchizedek priesthood.
In American English, Mormonism, Leaders & People:
Male missionary.
In Mormonism:
Title for a
;
for a general authority.
In Germanic paganism:
A
or Heathen
or
ess.
A small
, Sambucus
, having
in a
, and
berries.
In Moschatel family plants:
Any of the other
of the
Sambucus: small
,
or
with
,
, or white/yellow
(some of which are poisonous).
A cow's
, especially used as food.

Verb

In Quakerism:
To
or
for
by the
of the meeting.

Name

A surname.
Sourced from
Wiktionary

Origin

elder
English
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eldra
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
eldre
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym

Rhymes

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