elder

معنی کلمه elder

معنی واژه elder

معنیدر حال حاضر برای این واژه هیچ معنی ثبت نشده است. در صورت داشتن معنی پیشنهادی برای این واژه، لطفا آن را از طریق فرم تماس با ما به اشتراک بگذارید.

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.