Definition of Elder

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Definition of Elder

Elder

Older; more aged, or existing longer.

Born before another; prior in years; senior; earlier; older; as, his elder brother died in infancy; -- opposed to younger, and now commonly applied to a son, daughter, child, brother, etc.

One who is older; a superior in age; a senior.

An aged person; one who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.

A person who, on account of his age, occupies the office of ruler or judge; hence, a person occupying any office appropriate to such as have the experience and dignity which age confers; as, the elders of Israel; the elders of the synagogue; the elders in the apostolic church.

A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder.

A genus of shrubs (Sambucus) having broad umbels of white flowers, and small black or red berries.

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Elder Quotations

You are our dearly beloved brothers, and in a certain way, it could be said that you are our elder brothers.
Pope John Paul II

Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.
Francis Bacon

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.
Joseph Addison

We will not bend or fail until the blood of every last Jew from the youngest child to the oldest elder is spilt to redeem our land!
Yasser Arafat

Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency.
John Updike

What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.
Gustave Flaubert

I conceive there lies a clear rule in Titus that the elder women should instruct the younger and then I must have a time wherein I must do it.
Anne Hutchinson

Parents today are under a lot of stress, sometimes working two jobs just to make ends meet. They're trying to find day care for their kids and elder care for their own parents. The Federal Government shouldn't add to their worries by not living up to its obligations.
Barbara Mikulski

Today America lost a great elder statesman, a committed public servant, and leader of the Senate. And today I lost a treasured friend. Ted Kennedy was an iconic, larger than life United States senator whose influence cannot be overstated. Many have come before, and many will come after, but Ted Kennedy's name will always be remembered as someone who lived and breathed the United States Senate and the work completed within its chamber.
Orrin Hatch

I created the Women's Federation for World Peace in order to restore all that woman originally lost. You American women don't need a man in the position of grandfather, parents, husband, elder or younger brother. You only need the true Adam.
Sun Myung Moon

Elder Translations

elder in Dutch is ouder
elder in Norwegian is eldst, eldre
elder in Portuguese is pessoa idosa
elder in Spanish is mayor

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