elderdom

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Authority; dominion.

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  2. 2.

    Preeminence; superiority.

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  3. 3.

    The authority, rule, or office of an elder.

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  4. 4.

    The state of being an elder, or of being older; elderhood.

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    Thanks to him, I have a better sense of what it takes to morph gracefully into elderdom.

  5. 5.

    The role or influence of an elder or elders.

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词源

From Middle English *elderdom, alderdom, from Old English ealdordōm (“greatness, power, authority, lordship, eldership, rule, dominion, magistracy, principality, superiority, preeminence, primacy, government, any official position involving command of others, beginning”), equivalent to elder + -dom. Cognate with West Frisian âlderdom (“eld, old age, antiquity”), German Altertum (“antiquity”), Swedish ålderdom (“eld, age”).

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