elder

年上の、年長の

別の人、特に兄弟姉妹よりも年齢が上である。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： the elder of the two (Nora is the elder of the two sisters.)

類義語： older

反対語： younger

よく使う表現： elder brother, elder sister, elder son

年配の、年長の

年齢が高く、長年の経験から敬われることが多い。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： senior, older

よく使う表現： elder statesman, elder leader, elder members

年長者

自分より年齢が上で、しばしば敬意を払われる人。

やさしい英語で： 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.

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

類義語： older person

反対語： junior

よく使う表現： respect your elder, someone’s elder, elder by years

長老

集団の年配で尊敬される一員で、他の人を導くことが多い。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： leader

よく使う表現： village elder, church elder, community elder

ニワトコ

白い花が集まって咲き、色の濃い実をつける小さな木。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： elderberry

よく使う表現： elder tree, elder flowers, elder berries

長老、牧師

教会の主要な宗教儀式をすべて行う資格を正式に与えられた聖職者。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： minister, clergyman

よく使う表現： ordained elder, Methodist elder, travelling elder

長老

末日聖徒の教会で、上位の神権の最初の位を授けられた男性。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： ordained an elder, elder quorum, become an elder

戒める、叱責する

クエーカーの指導者が、間違っていると思う行動について本人を戒める。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： reprove, admonish

よく使う表現： elder someone, elder a member