eldership

名词 n.
中文释义
发音 ĕlʹdərshĭp

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The position of being elder or senior; seniority, precedence of birth, primogeniture. countable,uncountable
    — Primogenitura, or eldership of birth, was greatly respected by God.
  2. The personality of an elderly person. countable,nonce-word,uncountable
    — So irresistible to their elderships to be flattered.
  3. The office or position of elder in a church. countable,uncountable
    — The office of eldership is equallie distributed betweene the bishop and the minister.
  4. The collective body of (ecclesiastical) elders; a body or court of elders, a presbytery. countable,uncountable
    — That gyft, which was geuen thee by prophecie with the laying on of the handes, by the Eldership.
  5. The smallest administrative division in Lithuania, equivalent to a ward. countable,uncountable
    — The local governmental system in Lithuania has passed through several changes since the restoration of independence, and its future is still being debated. There are three levels of local government: apskritys (plural apskritis, usually translated as “counties”); municipalities; and elderates, sometimes given as elderships.

词形变化

elderships plural

词源

From elder + -ship. The Lithuanian sense is a calque of Lithuanian seniūnija.
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