eldership (eldership)

[ No other dominion than paternity and eldership . Raleigh, Hist. World, I. ix. § 1. Though Truth and Falsehood are as twins ally'd, There's eldership on Truth's delightful side. Parnell, Donne's Third Satire Versified. 2. The office of an elder: as, he was elected to the eldership.-3. A body or an order of elders. No repeated crambes of Christ's discipline, of Elders and Elderships,. no engine was capable to buoy up Bp. Gauden, Tears of the Church, p. 17. Presbytery. elder-tree (el'dėr-trē), n. See elder2.