Word Meaning

elder definition and meaning

a. Older; more aged, or existing longer.
a. 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.
a. One who is older; a superior in age; a senior.
a. An aged person; one who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.
a. 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.
a. A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder.
n. A genus of shrubs (Sambucus) having broad umbels of white flowers, and small black or red berries.

Crossword clues for elder

- Born earlier
- Bush senior?
- Church office holder
- Church official
- Church senior
- Fielders are a bit more senior
- More mature
- More senior
- Of greater age
- Older of two
- Older person
- One’s senior
- Patriarch
- Respected senior MP
- Revered figure
- Senior
- Senior member
- The Spanish and the German senior
- The Spanish in touch with the German church official
- Tree
- Tree of greater age
- Tribal chief
- Tribal leader
- Tribal member held in cruel derision
- Tribal senior