eldership

/ˈɛldɚʃɪp/noun
High School
1

The position of being elder or senior; seniority, precedence of birth, primogeniture.

2

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

The smallest administrative division in Lithuania, equivalent to a ward.

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