Eld″er‐ship (?), n. 1. The state of being older; seniority. “Paternity an eldership.” Sir W. Raleigh.
2. Office of an elder; collectively, a body of elders.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.