| elder | |
| 1. adj. Comparative of old: older, greater than another in age or seniority. | |
| 2. n. An older person or an older member, usually a leader, of some community. | |
| We were presented to the village elder. | |
| 3. n. One who is older than another. | |
| Respect your elders. | |
| 4. n. One who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor. | |
| 5. n. An officer of a church, sometimes having teaching responsibilities. | |
| 6. n. A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments. | |
| a travelling elder | |
| 7. n. (US, Mormonism) 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. | |
| Jack had been an elder for only a few days when he received a new calling. | |
| 8. n. (US, Mormonism) Male missionary. | |
| The elders are coming over for dinner tonight. | |
| 9. n. (Mormonism, often capitalized) Title for a male missionary; title for a general authority. | |
| One of the long-time leaders in the Church is Elder Packer. | |
| 10. n. (paganism, and Heathenry) A pagan or Heathen priest or priestess. | |
| 11. v. (Quakerism) 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. | |
| 12. n. A small tree, Sambucus nigra, having white flowers in a cluster, and edible purple berries | |
| 13. n. 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). | |
