Meaning

2 senses

  1. A female elder.

  2. A woman ordained to rule or teach in a church.

Origin

From elder + -ess.

From elder + -ess.

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Forms

plural: eldresses
Singulareldress
Pluraleldresses

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
elderlyA2eldestelectB2electionB1
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