elders

Meaning of elders

noun
  1. An older person or an older member, usually a leader, of some community.
    We were presented to the village elder.
  2. One who is older than another.
    Respect your elders.
  3. One who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.
  4. An officer of a church, sometimes having teaching responsibilities.
  5. A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments.
    a travelling elder
  6. One ordained to the lowest office in the Melchizedek priesthood.
    After being a member of the Church for a while, Bill was ordained to the office of elder.
  7. Male missionary.
    The elders are coming over for dinner tonight.
  8. (often capitalized) Title for a male missionary; title for a general authority.
    One of the long-time leaders in the Church is Elder Packer.
  9. A pagan or Heathen priest or priestess.
verb
  1. To admonish or reprove for improper conduct by the elders of the meeting.
    I was eldered for directly responding to someone else's message in meeting for worship.
noun
  1. A small tree, Sambucus nigra, having white flowers in a cluster, and edible purple berries
  2. Any of the other species of the genus Sambucus: small trees, shrubs or herbaceous perennials with red, purple, or white/yellow berries (some of which are poisonous).

Information about elders

  • The singular form of elders is: elder.
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Hyphenation of elders

el-ders

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • elders is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

elders synonyms

Meaning :

eld, mzee, senior, antecessor, forerunner

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