BROTHER vs ELDER: NOUN
- Figuratively, one who resembles another in manners or disposition.
- Often abbreviated bro., plural bros.
- [The plural form brethren is not now used in the sense of male children of the same parents, but only in the wider meanings of the word brother.]
- A male person who has the same father and mother with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case he is more definitely called a half brother, or brother of the half blood.
- One related or closely united to another by some common tie or interest, as of rank, profession, membership in a society, toil, suffering, etc.; -- used among judges, clergymen, monks, physicians, lawyers, professors of religion, etc.
- One who, or that which, resembles another in distinctive qualities or traits of character.
- A member of a religious congregation whose members do not receive the priesthood, but devote themselves to teaching or good works; also, a lay member of a community having priests.
- See under Blood.
- Son of the same parents as another person.
- A male child descended from the same parents.
- A male having at least one parent in common with another (see half-brother, stepbrother).
- A male fellow member of a religious community, church, trades union etc.
- Someone who is a peer, whether male or female.
- A humorous designation for the people of the United States collectively. The phrase is said to have originated from Washington's referring to the patriotic Jonathan Trumbull, governor of Connecticut, as “Brother Jonathan.”
- A male with the same parents as someone else
- A male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion of other group)
- Used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement
- A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
- A male having the same parents as another or one parent in common with another.
- One who shares a common ancestry, allegiance, character, or purpose with another or others, especially.
- A kinsman.
- A fellow man.
- A fellow member, as of a fraternity, trade union, or panel of judges on a court.
- A black male.
- A fellow African-American man or boy.
- Something, such as a corporation or institution, that is regarded as a member of a class.
- A lay member of a religious order of men.
- A fellow member of the Christian church.
- A male person, in his relation to another person or other persons of either sex born of the same parents; a male relative in the first degree of descent or mutual kinship: used also of the lower animals: the converse of sister. See brother-in-law and half-brother.
- A male person in his relation to any other person or persons of the same blood or ancestry; a member of a common family or race in his relation to all other members; in the plural, all members of a particular race, or of the human race in general, as regards each other.
- One of two or more men closely united without regard to personal kinship, as by a common interest; an associate; one of the same rank, profession, occupation, or belief, especially in law, religion, or organized charity.
- Specifically, as a translation of friar, a member of a mendicant order.
- In the plural form brethren, the designation of several Christian organizations, derived from the fact that the title was used by the primitive Christians in speaking of themselves; specifically, a sect of German Baptists, more popularly known as Dunkers.
- A close male friend; a comrade.
- (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address
- Title of respect for an adult male member of a religious or fraternal order.
- Formal title for any male member of a religious or fraternal organization.
- An informal title used as part of another moniker:
- A genus of shrubs (Sambucus) having broad umbels of white flowers, and small black or red berries.
- See under 1st Box.
- See Danewort.
- Same as Elder.
- The cranberry tree Viburnum Opulus).
- One who is older; a superior in age; a senior.
- An aged person; one who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.
- A person who, on account of his age, occupies the office of ruler or judge; hence, a person occupying any office appropriate to such as have the experience and dignity which age confers
- A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments.
- A lay presbyter or member of a Presbyterian church session.
- An older person or an older member, usually a leader, of some community.
- One who is older than another.
- An officer of a church, sometimes having teaching responsibilities
- The lowest office in the Melchizedek priesthood.
- One ordained to the office of elder.
- Male missionary, title for a male missionary; title for a general authority.
- A pagan or Heathen priest or priestess.
- A small tree of the genus Sambucus having white flowers in a cluster, and purple berries.
- An elder commissioned by a bishop to have the oversight of the churches and preachers in a certain district.
- A person who is older than you are
- Any of various church officers
- Any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
- Same as wild elder (under elder).
- Same as pale elder.
- One who is older than another or others; an elderly person.
- A forefather; a predecessor; one of a former generation in the same family, class, or community.
- In the Old Testament, a title of indefinite signification applied to various officers, but generally indicating in the earlier history the princes or heads of tribes, and afterward men of special influence, dignity, and authority in their local community.
- In the New Testament, also the title of certain officers in the Christian church, whose functions are not clearly defined, but who apparently exercised a considerable control in the conduct of the local churches.
- In certain Protestant churches, an officer exercising governmental functions, either with or without teaching or pastoral functions.
- In some bodies of American Methodists elder is the general term for any clergyman. In the Methodist Episcopal Church the presiding elder is an ordained clergyman appointed by and serving under the bishop as superintendent, with large though carefully defined supervisory powers within a specified “district,” which usually corresponds somewhat in extent to an average county in an eastern State. In this district every minister is amenable to him, and every church is subject to his supervision and is usually visited by him three or four times during the year. He presides at Quarterly and often at District Conferences. Traveling elders are itinerant preachers appointed by the Annual Conference.
- In the Mormon Church the elder is an officer whose duty it is “to preach and baptize; to ordain other elders, and also priests, teachers, and deacons; to lay on hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost; to bless children; and to take the lead of all meetings.” The elders constitute the Melchizedek priesthood, and include the apostles, the Seventy, the evangelists or patriarchs, and the high priest. Mormon Catechism, xvii.
- Among the Shakers, four elders, two males and two females (the latter also called elderesses), have charge of each of the aggregated families.
- In the United States, the Aralia hispida.
- The common name for species of Sambucus.
BROTHER vs ELDER: ADJECTIVE
- N/A
- Used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son
- Older brother or sister
- Older; more aged, or existing longer.
- Born before another; prior in years; senior; earlier; older; ; -- opposed to younger, and now commonly applied to a son, daughter, child, brother, etc.
- The hand playing, or having the right to play, first.
- Comparative of old; greater than another in age or seniority.
BROTHER vs ELDER: VERB
- To treat as a brother.
- N/A
BROTHER vs ELDER: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To make a brother of; to call or treat as a brother; to admit to a brotherhood.
- N/A
BROTHER vs ELDER: OTHER WORD TYPES
- To relate as brothers; make kin.
- To consider or treat as a brother; address as a brother.
- Bearing a fraternal relation in a general sense; of the character of a brother: as, a brother man or magistrate.
- Older; senior; having lived a longer time; born, produced, or formed before something else: opposed to younger.
- Prior in origin or appointment; preceding in the date of a commission; senior: as, an elder officer or magistrate.
- Prior in time; earlier; former.
BROTHER vs ELDER: RELATED WORDS
- Father, Son, Nephew, Blood brother, Related to, Related, Crony, Fellow, Chum, Sidekick, Comrade, Pal, Buddy, Sister, Sister
- Seniors, Oldest, Sage, Presbyter, Veteran, Old, Elderly, Sister, Brother, Eldest, Father, Elderberry bush, Big, Senior, Older
BROTHER vs ELDER: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Cousin, Father, Son, Nephew, Related to, Related, Crony, Fellow, Chum, Sidekick, Comrade, Pal, Buddy, Sister, Sister
- Regent, Seniors, Oldest, Sage, Presbyter, Veteran, Old, Elderly, Sister, Brother, Eldest, Father, Big, Senior, Older
BROTHER vs ELDER: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Surviving is his brother, Albert Jacobs of Tacoma.
- Retro Review: Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?
- He who speaks evil of his brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law.
- Annie was very close to her brother as he was a very caring brother to her.
- The site found my brother and said my brother had a criminal record.
- Chicago policeman and his Kentucky hills brother hunt a mob enforcer for killing another brother.
- The younger Rodgers brother revealed that Aaron does not speak with his parents or brother.
- Predeceased by brother John O Regan, sister Ellen Reardon and brother Stanley Materna.
- Four years of hellish war followed in which brother fought against brother.
- Harrison has a twin brother Hudson and an older brother named Hayden.
- Outcomes were elder abuse and specific subtypes of elder abuse.
- Elder Decisions, a Division of Agreement Resources, LLC, is the leading provider of elder mediation services nationally.
- Elder Law is an estate planning and elder law firm with offices located in Fishers, Ind.
- Jean Galloway Ball is certified in Elder Law by the National Elder Law Foundation.
- At Kentucky Elder Law, PLLC, our elder law attorneys are here to help you.
- Elder Justice project, working with older adults in Orange County to prevent and recover from elder financial abuse.
- For each local congregation, a Guiding Elder will oversee the Shepherding Elder team focused on that location.
- This national service assists individuals with finding elder care resources, including elder abuse support.
- Elder Bigler was to preside in the place of Elder Silas Smith.
- Elder Don Richardson, Elder Gwyn Hamm and Rev.
BROTHER vs ELDER: QUESTIONS
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- What do you call the brother of your brother-in-law's husband?
- Why does the younger brother lose his older brother to a girl?
- Who said we came into the world like brother and brother?
- How do you say elder brother and younger brother in Japanese?
- How are you connected to your half brother and step brother?
- Why is Doodle's brother so unhappy with his brother?
- What is the Big Brother/Little Brother mentoring program?
- Is Makoto physically stronger than her elder sister?
- Is the Elder Scrolls Online dropping its subscription?
- What is the Duke Elder undergraduate prize examination?
- How did elder Dube overcome feelings of inadequacy?
- What is the Elder Scrolls Online Collection Blackwood?
- Is Venkatesh Daggubati's elder daughter Aashritha engaged?
- What does elder Uchtdorf think about adventure stories?
- Why is the elder sister important in the poem The elder sister?
- How many Elder Scrolls are in the Elder Scrolls library?
- Does Laurence Elder still own elder and Associates?