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büyük, yaşça büyük

Başka birinden, özellikle kardeşinden, daha büyük yaşta olan.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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?

Nasıl kullanılır: the elder of the two (Nora is the elder of the two sisters.)

Eş anlamlılar: older

Zıt anlamlılar: younger

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: elder brother, elder sister, elder son

yaşlı, kıdemli

Yaşı ilerlemiş ve genellikle uzun deneyimi nedeniyle saygı gören.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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.

Eş anlamlılar: senior, older

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: elder statesman, elder leader, elder members

büyük, yaşça büyük kişi

Sizden daha büyük yaşta olan ve genellikle saygı gösterilen kişi.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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.

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

Eş anlamlılar: older person

Zıt anlamlılar: junior

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: respect your elder, someone’s elder, elder by years

ileri gelen, cemaat büyüğü

Bir topluluğun yaşlı ve saygın üyesi; çoğu zaman başkalarına yol gösterir.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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.

Eş anlamlılar: leader

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: village elder, church elder, community elder

mürver

Küme hâlinde beyaz çiçekleri ve koyu renkli küçük meyveleri olan küçük ağaç.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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.

Eş anlamlılar: elderberry

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: elder tree, elder flowers, elder berries

din görevlisi, papaz

Bir kilisenin başlıca dinî törenlerinin tümünü yapmaya resmen yetkili din görevlisi.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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.

Eş anlamlılar: minister, clergyman

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: ordained elder, Methodist elder, travelling elder

Melkisedek rahibi

Son Zaman Azizleri Kilisesinde yüksek rahipliğin ilk derecesi kendisine verilmiş erkek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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.

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: ordained an elder, elder quorum, become an elder

uyarmak, azarlamak

Quaker önderlerinin, yanlış buldukları davranışı nedeniyle birini uyarması.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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.

Eş anlamlılar: reprove, admonish

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: elder someone, elder a member