Definitions for eldress

eldress el·dress

Spelling: [el-dris]
IPA: /ˈɛl drɪs/

Eldress is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 127 anagrams from letters in eldress (deelrss).

Definitions for eldress

noun

  1. a laywoman who is a governing officer in certain Protestant churches.

Origin of eldress

First recorded in 1630-40; elder1 + -ess

Examples for eldress

"eldress asked me to bring your mail down to you, Brother Lewis," she said.

Oh, eldress Abby, they've come back to me all day, those words.

"Athalia's capable," eldress Hannah said, and the other sisters said "Yee," and smiled at one another.

"She's done better than I expected to stay till now," Jane said; and the eldress nodded.

It took Athalia a perceptible minute to get herself in hand sufficiently to say, meekly, "Yee, eldress."

In January, when the eldress fell ill, Athalia was especially useful.

The voice of eldress Abby pursued Hetty in her flight like the voice in a dream.

"It's getting late, eldress," one of them said, and glanced at the clock.

eldress Abby bowed, but she looked weak and stricken and old.

Athalia listened breathlessly, her rapt, unhumorous eyes fixed on eldress Hannah's still face.

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