eldership

About 0.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The position of being elder or senior; seniority, precedence of birth, primogeniture.
2. noun (Can we verify this sense?) The personality of an elderly person.
3. noun The office or position of elder in a church.
4. noun The collective body of (ecclesiastical) elders; a body or court of elders, a presbytery.
5. noun (Can we verify this sense?) The smallest administrative division in Lithuania, equivalent to a ward.

Similar words

elderdom seniorhood elderhood elderliness oldness oldhood agedness senility senescence oldishness

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