elder  |ˈeldər|

noun (usu. elders)
a person of greater age than someone specified : schoolchildren were no less fascinated than their elders | take a bit of advice from your elders and betters.
• a person of advanced age.
• (often elders) a leader or senior figure in a tribe or other group : a council of village elders.
• an official in the early Christian Church, or of various Protestant Churches and sects.

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