elder

aîné

Qui est plus âgé qu’une autre personne, notamment un frère ou une sœur.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : the elder of the two (Nora is the elder of the two sisters.)

Synonymes : older

Contraires : younger

Expressions courantes : elder brother, elder sister, elder son

âgé, respecté

Plus âgé et souvent respecté pour sa longue expérience.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : senior, older

Expressions courantes : elder statesman, elder leader, elder members

aîné

Personne plus âgée que soi, à laquelle on témoigne souvent du respect.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : someone’s elder (She is my elder by five years.); someone’s elder by an amount (He is her elder by ten years.)

Synonymes : older person

Contraires : junior

Expressions courantes : respect your elder, someone’s elder, elder by years

ancien, sage

Membre âgé et respecté d’un groupe, souvent chargé de guider les autres.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : leader

Expressions courantes : village elder, church elder, community elder

sureau

Petit arbre aux fleurs blanches regroupées et aux baies foncées.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : elderberry

Expressions courantes : elder tree, elder flowers, elder berries

presbytre, pasteur

Ministre d’une Église officiellement autorisé à célébrer toutes ses principales cérémonies religieuses.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : minister, clergyman

Expressions courantes : ordained elder, Methodist elder, travelling elder

ancien

Homme ayant reçu le premier rang de la prêtrise supérieure dans l’Église des saints des derniers jours.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : ordained an elder, elder quorum, become an elder

réprimander, admonester

Pour des responsables quakers, avertir quelqu’un au sujet d’un comportement qu’ils jugent mauvais.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : reprove, admonish

Expressions courantes : elder someone, elder a member