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Word: elder (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Comparative of old; greater than another in age or seniority.

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Noun:

  • An officer of a church, sometimes having teaching responsibilities
  • An older person or an older member, usually a leader, of some community.
  • A small tree of the genus ''Sambucus'' having white flowers in a cluster, and purple berries.
  • paganism A priest or priestess in the modern pagan tradition known as Asatru or Heathenry.
  • Mormonism Male missionary, title for a male missionary; title for a general authority.
  • Mormonism One ordained to the office of elder.
  • Mormon The lowest office in the Melchizedek priesthood.

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