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eldership.

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

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɛldɚʃɪp/
  1. The position of being elder or senior; seniority, precedence of birth, primogeniture.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The personality of an elderly person.

    countable · nonce-word · uncountable
  3. The office or position of elder in a church.

    countable · uncountable
  4. The collective body of (ecclesiastical) elders; a body or court of elders, a presbytery.

    countable · uncountable
  5. The smallest administrative division in Lithuania, equivalent to a ward.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From elder + -ship. The Lithuanian sense is a calque of Lithuanian seniūnija.

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