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ˈelderling rare.
[f. elder n.3 + -ling.]
†1. Contemptuously for elder n.3 4. Obs.
1606Bp. W. Barlow Serm. (1607) A 3 b, Euery..Ceremonie which, in the Cockpit of Elderlings, is concluded to be Poperie, is not so.
2. An elderly person.
1863M. Lemon Wait for End xix. (1866) 237 The two elderlings began to lament their situation. |