Definitions for elders
el·ders

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Eldersnoun

   Etymology: from elder.

   1. Persons whose age gives them a claim to credit and reverence.

   Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father, and the younger men as brethren. 1 Tim. v. 1.

   Our elders say,
   The barren, touched in this holy chase,
   Shake off their steril curse. William Shakespeare, Julius Cæsar.

   Among the Lacedæmonians, the chief magistrates, as they were, so they are called, elder men. Walter Raleigh, H. of the World.

   The blushing youth their virtuous awe disclose,
   And from their seats the reverend elders rose. George Sandys.

   2. Ancestors.

   Says the goose, if it will be no better, e’en carry your head as your elders have done before ye. Roger L'Estrange.

   I lose my patience, and I own it too,
   Where works are censur’d, not as bad, but new;
   While, if our elders break all reason’s laws,
   Those fools demand not pardon, but applause. Alexander Pope.

   3. Those who are older than others.

   At the board, and in private, it very well becometh children’s innocency to pray, and their elders to say amen. Richard Hooker.

   4. [Among the Jews.] Rulers of the people.5. [In the New Testament.] Ecclesiasticks.6. [Among presbyterians.] Laymen introduced into the kirkpolity in sessions, presbyteries, synods and assemblies.

   Flea-bitten synod, an assembly brew’d
   Of clerks and elders ana; like the rude
   Chaos of presbytry, where laymen ride
   With the tame woolpack clergy by their side. John Cleveland.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ELDERS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Elders is ranked #17258 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Elders surname appeared 1,641 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Elders.
   
   89.4% or 1,468 total occurrences were White.
   4.9% or 81 total occurrences were Black.
   1.8% or 30 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.6% or 27 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.1% or 19 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.9% or 16 total occurrences were Asian.

How to pronounce elders?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say elders in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of elders in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of elders in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of elders in a Sentence

1. Atta Mohammad Noor:

   All that matters is the people of Afghanistan, the Afghan nation, and their interests. That's more important, and also those elders, influential figures in the country, all important, and everyone, including the Afghan government, may have no other choice but to accept that.

2. Angelina Tarimo:

   When you ask the elders what was happening in the past, they'll tell you that the rains were there ; it was much greener than what we're seeing right now, you know completely that something went wrong somewhere.

3. Marisa Flynn:

   This is not the retirement I envisioned. It is disheartening. The government always talks about helping families with children. Middle class elders feel forgotten and invisible.

4. Dawlat Wazir:

   Tribal elders may not be able to bring about peace and create a ceasefire for the whole country but they can for their own districts and they will.

5. Margaret Boddie:

   A lot of Black elders in this area migrated from the South a long time ago and were victims of a lot of racist practices growing up, with the pandemic, they're fearful of outsiders coming in and trying to tell them how to think and how to be. They think they're being targeted. There's a lot of paranoia.

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References

1. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=elders
2. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html