Definitions for elders

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elders eld·er

Spelling: [el-der]

IPA: /ˈɛl dər/

Elders is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 102 anagrams from letters in elders (deelrs).

Definitions for elders

noun

1. a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
2. an aged person.
3. an influential member of a tribe or community, often a chief or ruler; a superior.
4. a presbyter.
5. (in certain Protestant churches) a lay member who is a governing officer, often assisting the pastor in services.
6. Mormon Church. a member of the Melchizedek priesthood.
7. any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Sambucus, of the honeysuckle family, having pinnate leaves, clusters of white flowers, and red or black, berrylike fruit.
8. (used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
9. a person or animal of a specified age or age group (used in combination):
10. old or former time, often time long past:

adjective

1. of greater age; older.
2. of higher rank; senior:
3. of or relating to former times; earlier:
4. far advanced in the years of one's or its life:
5. of or relating to the latter part of the life or term of existence of a person or thing:
6. as if or appearing to be far advanced in years:
7. having lived or existed for a specified time:
8. having lived or existed as specified with relation to younger or newer persons or things:
9. having been aged for a specified time:
10. having been aged for a comparatively long time:
11. long known or in use:
12. overfamiliar to the point of tedium:
13. belonging to the past:
14. having been in existence since the distant past:
15. no longer in general use:
16. acquired, made, or in use by one prior to the acquisition, making, or use of something more recent:
17. of, relating to, or originating at an earlier period or date:
18. prehistoric; ancient:
19. (initial capital letter) (of a language) in its oldest known period, as attested by the earliest written records:
20. experienced:
21. of long standing; having been such for a comparatively long time:
22. (of colors) dull, faded, or subdued:
23. deteriorated through age or long use; worn, decayed, or dilapidated:
24. Physical Geography. (of landforms) far advanced in reduction by erosion or the like.
25. sedate, sensible, mature, or wise:
26. (used to indicate affection, familiarity, disparagement, or a personalization):
27. Informal. (used as an intensive) great; uncommon:
28. former; having been so formerly:

Origin of elders

before 900; Middle English; Old English eldra, comparative of eald old

Examples for elders

William Kristol, the editor of The Weekly Standard, was in rare agreement with the elder Paul.

The young girl shrank from the effort, but the elder lady was inflexible.

He speaks of her much as he might of his elder son, the SEAL.

elder and the NFB have approached Uber with their own set of suggestions.

“I think sometimes overreaction can become very dangerous as well,” said the elder Paul.

The elder Milbrey, too, had met her at his son's suggestion.

Well, it might be—why had he not selected an elder member of the Church?

“Hurting others or destroying property is not the answer,” the elder Brown had said last week in a public-service video.

As to your question, Why your elder sister may not be first provided for?

He was the head of the school when I, the elder, was a lout in the lower fourth.