elder

mayor

Que tiene más edad que otra persona, especialmente un hermano o una hermana.

En inglés sencillo: Older than another person, especially a brother or sister.

• My elder brother lives abroad.
• Their elder daughter is at university.
• Which of the two boys is the elder?

Cómo se usa: the elder of the two (Nora is the elder of the two sisters.)

Sinónimos: older

Antónimos: younger

Expresiones frecuentes: elder brother, elder sister, elder son

mayor, veterano

De mayor edad y a menudo respetado por su larga experiencia.

En inglés sencillo: Older and often respected because of long experience.

• An elder statesman addressed the meeting.
• The elder members offered advice to the new leader.
• She became an elder figure in the artistic community.

Sinónimos: senior, older

Expresiones frecuentes: elder statesman, elder leader, elder members

mayor

Persona de más edad que uno, a la que suele tratarse con respeto.

En inglés sencillo: Someone who is older than you, often treated with respect.

• You should listen to your elders.
• She is my elder by three years.
• The children showed respect for their elders.

Cómo se usa: someone’s elder (She is my elder by five years.); someone’s elder by an amount (He is her elder by ten years.)

Sinónimos: older person

Antónimos: junior

Expresiones frecuentes: respect your elder, someone’s elder, elder by years

anciano, líder comunitario

Miembro mayor y respetado de un grupo, que suele tener la responsabilidad de orientar a los demás.

En inglés sencillo: An older, respected member of a group, often with responsibility for guiding others.

• The village elder welcomed us.
• The church elders met on Monday.
• They asked a respected elder to settle the argument.

Sinónimos: leader

Expresiones frecuentes: village elder, church elder, community elder

saúco

Árbol pequeño con flores blancas agrupadas y bayas oscuras.

En inglés sencillo: A small tree with groups of white flowers and dark berries.

• An elder grows beside the gate.
• The elder has white flowers in spring.
• Birds ate the berries on the elder.

Sinónimos: elderberry

Expresiones frecuentes: elder tree, elder flowers, elder berries

presbítero

Ministro de una iglesia autorizado oficialmente para celebrar todas sus principales ceremonias religiosas.

En inglés sencillo: A church minister officially allowed to carry out all its main religious ceremonies.

• The elder led the communion service.
• She was ordained as an elder last year.
• Only an authorized elder could conduct that ceremony.

Sinónimos: minister, clergyman

Expresiones frecuentes: ordained elder, Methodist elder, travelling elder

élder

Hombre que recibe el primer rango del sacerdocio mayor en la Iglesia de los Santos de los Últimos Días.

En inglés sencillo: A man given the first rank in the higher priesthood of the Latter-day Saint Church.

• He was ordained an elder last year.
• The elders gathered for a priesthood meeting.
• Each elder belongs to a quorum.

Expresiones frecuentes: ordained an elder, elder quorum, become an elder

amonestar, reprender

Los dirigentes cuáqueros hablan con alguien para corregir una conducta que consideran incorrecta.

En inglés sencillo: If Quaker leaders do this, they speak to someone about behavior they consider wrong.

• The meeting leaders eldered him for interrupting worship.
• She was eldered after repeatedly speaking out of turn.
• Quaker leaders may elder a member whose conduct troubles the meeting.

Sinónimos: reprove, admonish

Expresiones frecuentes: elder someone, elder a member