eldership

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Synonyms: leadership, readership, tellership, ridership, elderships, elderslie, emeership, holdership, ldrship

Antonyms: leadership, readership, tellership, ridership, elderships, elderslie, emeership, holdership, ldrship

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Noun

1. The [[position]] of being [[elder]] or [[senior]]; [[seniority]], [[precedence]] of [[birth]], [[primogeniture]].
2. {{rfv-sense|en}} {{lb|en|nonce|as a mock title of honour}} The [[personality]] of an [[elderly]] person.
3. The [[office]] or position of elder in a [[church]].
4. The [[collective]] body of ([[ecclesiastical]]) elders; a [[body]] or [[court]] of elders, a [[presbytery]].
5. {{rfv-sense|en}} The smallest [[administrative]] division in [[Lithuania]], equivalent to a [[ward]].

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