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- English Word Eld Definition Old.
- English Word Eld Definition Age; esp., old age.
- English Word Eld Definition Old times; former days; antiquity.
- English Word Eld Definition To age; to grow old.
- English Word Eld Definition To make old or ancient.
- English Word Elder Definition Older; more aged, or existing longer.
- English Word Elder Definition 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.
- English Word Elder Definition One who is older; a superior in age; a senior.
- English Word Elder Definition An aged person; one who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.
- English Word Elder Definition 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.
- English Word Elder Definition A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder.
- English Word Elder Definition A genus of shrubs (Sambucus) having broad umbels of white flowers, and small black or red berries.
- English Word Elderish Definition Somewhat old; elderly.
- English Word Elderly Definition Somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age; bordering on old age; as, elderly people.
- English Word Eldern Definition Made of elder.
- English Word Eldership Definition The state of being older; seniority.
- English Word Eldership Definition Office of an elder; collectively, a body of elders.
- English Word Elderwort Definition Danewort.
- English Word Eldest Definition Oldest; longest in duration.
- English Word Eldest Definition Born or living first, or before the others, as a son, daughter, brother, etc.; first in origin. See Elder.