Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
a.) More advanced than another in age; prior in age; elder; hence, more advanced in dignity, rank, or office; superior; as, senior member; senior counsel.
2. (a.) Belonging to the final year of the regular course in American colleges, or in professional schools.
3. (n.) A person who is older than another; one more advanced in life.
4. (n.) One older in office, or whose entrance upon office was anterior to that of another; one prior in grade.
5. (n.) An aged person; an older.
6. (n.) One in the fourth or final year of his collegiate course at an American college; -- originally called senior sophister; also, one in the last year of the course at a professional schools or at a seminary.
Greek
3962. pater -- a father ... Transliteration: pater Phonetic Spelling: (pat-ayr') Short Definition: father, Father,
ancestor Definition: father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder,
senior.
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3962.htm - 8k4245. presbuteros -- elder
... Comparative of presbus (elderly); older; as noun, a senior; specially, an Israelite
Sanhedrist (also figuratively, member of the celestial council) or ...
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4243. presbeuo -- to be the elder, to take precedence
... be an ambassador. From the base of presbuteros; to be a senior, ie (by implication)
act as a representative (figuratively, preacher) -- be an ambassador. ...
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Strong's Hebrew
2205. zaqen -- old... Definition old NASB Word Usage aged (3), aged* (1), elder (3), elders (132), old
(21), old man (7), old men (7), old women (1), older (1), oldest (1),
senior (1
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How Abbot John Obeyed his Senior by Trying to Roll a Huge Stone ...
... Prolegomena. Chapter XXVI. How Abbot John obeyed his senior by trying to roll
a huge stone, which a large number of men were unable to move. ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxvi how abbot john.htm
The Reason Why the Juniors are Enjoined not to Keep Back any of ...
... Prolegomena. Chapter IX. The reason why the juniors are enjoined not to
keep back any of their thoughts from the senior. By these ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter ix the reason why 2.htm
Of the Dry Stick Which, at the Bidding of his Senior, Abbot John ...
... Prolegomena. Chapter XXIV. Of the dry stick which, at the bidding of his
senior, Abbot John kept on watering as if it would grow. ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxiv of the dry.htm
Of the Unique Vase of Oil Thrown Away by Abbot John at his ...
... Prolegomena. Chapter XXV. Of the unique vase of oil thrown away by Abbot
John at his senior's command. Thus the youth, trained up ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxv of the unique.htm
The Right to Live with the People of My Choice
... "I was thinking about Mr. Gibb[6] coming to appoint us to stations, and wondering
what my senior worker will be like, and I got so worried I stayed awake all ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/williamson/have we no rights/chapter 9 the right to.htm
The Boys' Department in the Sunday School
... Intermediate and Senior Departments. The first of these is known as the Intermediate
and Senior Departmental organization. Its characteristic ...
/.../alexander/the boy and the sunday school/xi the boys department in.htm
The Works of John Cassian.
... their desires. Chapter IX. The reason why the juniors are enjoined not to
keep back any of their thoughts from the senior. Chapter X ...
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Epistle Lxxiv. To Gennadius, Patrician and Exarch of Africa.
... tit. 5, that of Honorius, ad 414, being especially severe. [1387] It was the immemorial
custom in the provinces of Africa generally for the senior bishop of ...
/.../epistle lxxiv to gennadius patrician.htm
Canones Synodi Dordrechtanæ.
... Rodolphus Goclenius, Senior. ... Daniel Bernardus Eilshemius, Emdanæ Ecclesiæ Pastor
Senior. Ritzius Lucas Grimershemius, Emdanæ Ecclesiæ Pastor. SS. ...
/.../canones synodi dordrechtanae.htm
The Martyrdom
... In Cythegius, on the other hand, all sparks of humanity were not wholly quenched;
but, unfortunately, Secundus was the senior officer. ...
/.../chapter lxviii the martyrdom.htm
Thesaurus
Senior (3 Occurrences)... 1. (a.) More advanced than another in age; prior in age; elder; hence, more advanced
in dignity, rank, or office; superior; as,
senior member;
senior counsel.
.../s/senior.htm - 8kElder (34 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Born before another; prior in years; senior; earlier; older; as, his elder
brother died in infancy; -- opposed to younger, and now commonly applied to ...
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Ancient (64 Occurrences)
... 9. (n.) A senior; an elder; a predecessor. 10. (n.) One of the senior members of
the Inns of Court or of Chancery. 11. (n.) An ensign or flag. 12. ...
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Seneh (1 Occurrence)
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Abiathar (29 Occurrences)
... of Eli from Ithamar are untrue; that on the contrary we must conjecture that Abiathar
claimed descent from Eleazar, his line being the alleged senior line of ...
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Adino (1 Occurrence)
... ad'-i-no, a-di'-no (`adhino, "his adorned one"): The senior of David's "mighty men."
"Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; the same was ...
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Seniors (1 Occurrence)
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Isaiah (64 Occurrences)
... years (727-699 BC). Isaiah was at least 15 years his senior. The young king
inherited from his father a heavy burden. The splendor of ...
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Bible Concordance
Senior (3 Occurrences)2 Kings 19:2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
(See RSV)
Isaiah 37:2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
(See RSV)
Jeremiah 19:1 Thus said Yahweh, Go, and buy a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;
(See NAS RSV)
Subtopics
Senior
Senior Citizens
Related Terms
Elder (34 Occurrences)
Ancient (64 Occurrences)
Seneh (1 Occurrence)
Abiathar (29 Occurrences)
Adino (1 Occurrence)
Seniors (1 Occurrence)
Isaiah (64 Occurrences)
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