Definition of "eldership" [eld•er•ship]

• Seniority; the state or condition of being older. (noun)
• The position or office of being an elder. (noun)

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• "[279] [In some editions of the Genevan version the word "eldership" is thus explained in the margin: "Under this name he containeth the whole ministerie of the church which was at Ephesus."] [280] Assertion of the Government of the Church of Scotland, 1641, pp. 128-130, 136-147."
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