FATHER vs ELDER: NOUN
- He who begets a child; the nearest male ancestor; a male parent: so called in relation to the child.
- A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a lineal male ancestor, especially the first ancestor; the progenitor or founder of a race, family, or line: as, Ishmael was the father of the Bedouins of the desert.
- One who through marriage or adoption occupies the position of a male parent; a father-in-law; a stepfather.
- One who exercises paternal care over another; a fatherly protector or provider.
- The Sultan of Turkey.
- [capitalized] The Supreme Being.
- [capitalized] In orthodox Christian phraseology, the first person of the Trinity.
- A respectful title bestowed on a venerable man; an appellation of reverence or honor: as, Father Abraham.
- A member of one of various Roman Catholic fraternities: as, Fathers of the Oratory, etc.
- A male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
- `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military
- A person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization
- The head of an organized crime family
- The founder of a family
- (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Lation Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom
- A person who founds or establishes some institution
- A male whose sperm unites with an egg, producing an embryo.
- A male whose impregnation of a female results in the birth of a child.
- A man who adopts a child.
- A man who raises a child.
- A title given to dignitaries of the Roman Catholic and Eastern churches, to officers of monasteries and commonly to monks in general, and to confessors and priests.
- A male ancestor.
- A man who creates, originates, or founds something.
- A man who serves or is thought of as a protector.
- God.
- The first person of the Christian Trinity.
- An elderly or venerable man. Used as a title of respect.
- One of the leading men, as of a city.
- A church father.
- A member of the senate in ancient Rome.
- A priest or clergyman in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches.
- Used as a title and form of address with or without the clergyman's name.
- A male parent of an animal.
- In general, any real or apparent generating cause or source; that which gives rise to anything; a mainspring or moving element in a system or a process: as, “the boy is father of the man.”
- The title of a senator in ancient Rome. See conscript fathers, under conscript.
- The eldest member of any profession, or of any body: as, father of the bar (the oldest practitioner of law); father of the House of Representatives or of the House of Commons (the man who has been a member of the body for the longest continuous period).
- In universities, originally, a regent master fulfilling certain functions toward an inceptor; now, a fellow of a college appointed to attend a university examination in the interest of the students of that college.
- One who creates, invents, originates, or establishes anything; the author, former, or contriver; a founder, director, or instructor; the first to practise any art; specifically, in the plural, the authors, founders, or first promoters of any great work, movement, or organization: as, Gutenberg was the father of printing; the fathers of the church (which see, below); the pilgrim fathers (see pilgrim); the fathers of the American Constitution.
- God when considered as the first person in the Trinity
- In the United States, the Aralia hispida.
- 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
- An elder commissioned by a bishop to have the oversight of the churches and preachers in a certain district.
- 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.
- A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments.
- A person who is older than you are
- The common name for species of Sambucus.
- 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.
- Any of various church officers
FATHER vs ELDER: ADJECTIVE
- N/A
- Comparative of old; greater than another in age or seniority.
- 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.
- Older; more aged, or existing longer.
- Used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son
- Older brother or sister
FATHER vs ELDER: VERB
- Make children
- N/A
FATHER vs ELDER: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- To act or serve as a father.
- To provide the sperm that unites with an egg to produce (an embryo, fetus, or child).
- To act or serve as a father to (a child).
- To attribute the paternity, creation, or origin of.
- To create, found, or originate.
- N/A
FATHER vs ELDER: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To provide with a father.
- To take as one's own child; to adopt; hence, to assume as one's own work; to acknowledge one's self author of or responsible for (a statement, policy, etc.).
- To make one's self the father of; to beget.
- N/A
FATHER vs ELDER: OTHER WORD TYPES
- To assume as one's own; profess or acknowledge one's self to be the owner or author of.
- To give a father to; furnish with a father.
- To ascribe or charge to one as his offspring or production; fix the generation or authorship of: with on or upon.
- The best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome
- Make (offspring) by reproduction
- To acknowledge or treat as a son or daughter; act as a father toward.
- To beget as a father; become the father or progenitor of.
- In the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church
- Prior in time; earlier; former.
- Prior in origin or appointment; preceding in the date of a commission; senior: as, an elder officer or magistrate.
- Older; senior; having lived a longer time; born, produced, or formed before something else: opposed to younger.
FATHER vs ELDER: RELATED WORDS
- Beginner, Male parent, Father god, Church father, Bring forth, Beget, Get, Sire, Founder, Founding father, Padre, Begetter, Forefather, Mother, Mother
- Seniors, Oldest, Sage, Presbyter, Veteran, Old, Elderly, Sister, Brother, Eldest, Father, Elderberry bush, Big, Senior, Older
FATHER vs ELDER: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Engender, Beginner, Male parent, Church father, Bring forth, Beget, Get, Sire, Founder, Founding father, Padre, Begetter, Forefather, Mother, Mother
- Regent, Seniors, Oldest, Sage, Presbyter, Veteran, Old, Elderly, Sister, Brother, Eldest, Father, Big, Senior, Older
FATHER vs ELDER: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Show a picture representing the prodigal son and ask how the father in the story is like our Heavenly Father.
- Acknoledgement of Paternity, the legally presumed father can be replaced by the biological father on the birth certificate.
- Are there forms to disestablish the wrong father and establish the correct father at the same time?
- Even though the son rebels against his father, when he returns, broken and repentant, his father joyfully has mercy on him.
- Russian Father Christmas, is now considered to be her Grandfather rather than her father, as in the old story.
- First, my father led me from behind and I was riding on my father.
- But we will be getting the required amount as gift deeds from my father and father in law.
- Father, and that the Father is in me?
- League to the following: youngest father present, Brian Harper; oldest father present, Thedford Wood; and father with the most children present, Alan Price.
- Father Sullivan, Father Sharp, Father Downing, Sister Mary Elizabeth and Sister George!
- 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.
FATHER vs ELDER: QUESTIONS
- Who is the father of Microbiology and protozoology?
- Why is Durkheim considered the father of Sociology?
- What happened to father Kastner in 'the Conjuring'?
- Is Prince Andrew's father Lord Porchester the Queen's biological father?
- What do you say to your step father on father's day?
- Does Ellie know Morgan's father is not her biological father?
- Is Sean Astin's father really not his father after all?
- Who was the father of Samantha's Father on Bewitched?
- Why did Benita's father stare at her father blankly?
- What happened to Madeleine McCann's Father Father Pacheco?
- 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?