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1.nounAn older person or an older member, usually a leader, of some community."We were presented to the village elder."
2.nounOne who is older than another."Respect your elders."
3.nounOne who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.
4.nounAn officer of a church, sometimes having teaching responsibilities.
5.nounA clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments."a travelling elder"
6.nounOne 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."
7.nounMale missionary."The elders are coming over for dinner tonight."
8.noun(often capitalized) Title for a male missionary; title for a general authority."One of the long-time leaders in the Church is Elder Packer."
9.nounA pagan or Heathen priest or priestess.
10.verbTo 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."
11.adjectiveOf an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time."an old abandoned building; an old friend"
12.adjectiveHaving been used and thus no longer new or unused."I find that an old toothbrush is good to clean the keyboard with."
13.adjectiveHaving existed or lived for the specified time."How old are they? She’s five years old and he's seven. We also have a young teen and a two-year-old child."
14.adjective(heading) Of an earlier time.
15.adjectiveTiresome after prolonged repetition."Your constant pestering is getting old."
16.adjectiveSaid of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
17.adjectiveA grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old, big old and little old, any old and some old.)"We're having a good old time. My next car will be a big old SUV. My wife makes the best little old apple pie in Texas."
18.adjectiveExcessive, abundant.