elder

Example Sentences

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His father, a fire-and-brimstone-spouting church elder, ordered him back, demanding he care for his grandmother, Ella, with the stark insistence: “She’s not my responsibility. It’s not fair of you to put the burden on me.”

From Los Angeles Times

Also, I want people to see more women in the jazz space, and I think as an elder it’s almost an obligation of mine to lead that front and present this and present this image.

From Los Angeles Times

Wallace was brought up in the Church of Scotland - in which his accountant father was an elder - and religion and politics were inter-related interests and influences throughout his life.

From BBC

After saying it out loud, the elder James struggled to process 5 idea.

From Los Angeles Times

Children and elders, on foot or riding donkeys or being pulled along on carts, all look ahead; none look back.

From Literature