Found 3 items, similar to Elder.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: elder
lebih tua, pembina
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: elder
elder
n 1: a person who is older than you are [syn:
senior]
2: any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and
subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and
berrylike fruit [syn:
elderberry bush]
3: any of various church officers
elder
adj 1: used of the older of two persons of the same name especially
used to distinguish a father from his son;
“Bill
Adams, Sr.” [syn:
older,
sr.]
2: older brother or sister;
“big sister” [syn:
big(a),
older]
[ant:
little(a)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Elder
Elder
\El"der\, n. [OE. ellern, eller, AS. ellen, cf. LG.
elloorn; perh. akin to OHG. holantar, holuntar, G. holunder;
or perh. to E. alder, n.] (Bot.)
A genus of shrubs (
Sambucus) having broad umbels of white
flowers, and small black or red berries.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The common North American species is
Sambucus Canadensis
; the common European species (
S. nigra)
forms a small tree. The red-berried elder is
S. pubens
. The berries are diaphoretic and aperient. The
European elder (
Sambucus nigra) is also called the
elderberry,
bourtree,
Old World elder,
black elder
, and
common elder.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
Box elder. See under 1st
Box.
Dwarf elder. See
Danewort.
Elder tree. (Bot.) Same as
Elder. --Shak.
Marsh elder, the cranberry tree
Viburnum Opulus).
[1913 Webster]
Elder
\Eld"er\, n. [AS. ealdor an elder, prince, fr. eald old.
See
Old, and cf.
Elder, a.,
Alderman.]
1. One who is older; a superior in age; a senior. --1 Tim. v.
1.
[1913 Webster]
2. An aged person; one who lived at an earlier period; a
predecessor.
[1913 Webster]
Carry your head as your elders have done.
--L'Estrange.
[1913 Webster]
3. 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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: In the modern Presbyterian churches, elders are lay
officers who, with the minister, compose the church
session, with authority to inspect and regulate matters
of religion and discipline. In some churches, pastors
or clergymen are called elders, or presbyters.
[1913 Webster]
4. (M. E. Ch.) A clergyman authorized to administer all the
sacraments; as, a traveling elder.
[1913 Webster]
Presiding elder (Meth. Ch.), an elder commissioned by a
bishop to have the oversight of the churches and preachers
in a certain district.
Ruling elder, a lay presbyter or member of a Presbyterian
church session. --Schaff.
[1913 Webster]
Elder
\Eld"er\, a. [AS. yldra, compar. of eald old. See
Old.]
1. Older; more aged, or existing longer.
[1913 Webster]
Let the elder men among us emulate their own earlier
deeds. --Jowett
(Thucyd. )
[1913 Webster]
2. 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.
[1913 Webster]
The elder shall serve the younger. --Gen. xxv.
23.
[1913 Webster]
But ask of elder days, earth's vernal hour. --Keble.
[1913 Webster]
Elder hand (Card Playing), the hand playing, or having the
right to play, first. --Hoyle.
[1913 Webster]