elder

A leader or senior member of a tribe or community, often of considerable age, respected as an authority figure, especially in a counselling, consultative, or ceremonial role.

We were presented to the village elder.

At the friendship centre, you can arrange to meet with a social worker or an elder.

An old person.

Treating illness among society’s elders is challenging since board-certified geriatricians (physicians trained, knowledgeable and certified in treating older patients) are in short supply, here in El Paso and throughout the country.

One who is older than another.

Respect your elders.

One who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.

Carry your Head[…] as your Elders have done.

An officer of a church, sometimes having teaching responsibilities.

To 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.

A small tree, Sambucus nigra, having white flowers in a cluster, and edible purple berries.

Have a tree or two the witches particularly like, such as the alder, larch, cypress and hemlock; then, to counteract any possible evil effects, there must be a holly, yew, hazel, elder, mountain ash or juniper.

Any of the other species of the genus Sambucus: small trees, shrubs or herbaceous perennials with red, purple, or white and yellow berries (some of which are poisonous).