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elder ADJ FIN

elder <an elder; elders> N

elder ADJ FIN

elder
أَسَنّ

elder N BOT

elder

my elder brother

old ADJ

old N (Time)

old ADJ

old N (Time)

old ADJ

old

age-old ADJ

age-old

be old VB

from old (en or ancient times)

get old VB

grow old VB

how old

in old

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Leaving Gibraltar was like escaping from an elder brother in charge of an open jail.
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He mortified his parents by desecrating the grave of a respected village elder, subsequently spending a week in police custody.
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Only male members may serve in the capacity of elder or ministerial servant.
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The governor of the province was supposed to appoint a commune elder, "kamnan" or "phan".
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The elder may have married but no wife nor issue are known; the younger fell into dissolute ways and never married.
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The brown, twig-like larva feeds on a variety of trees and shrubs including elder, hawthorn, honeysuckle and ivy.
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His wife's family had a tradition of mental illness, which may have a bearing on the fact that their elder son went insane.
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The elder of the two takes the second place in the order of precedence.
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He was an elder in the Presbyterian church.
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Widow remarriage is freely allowed, and younger brother may take his elder brother's widow to wife if he chooses.
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