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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Eldership

/ĕlʹdərshĭp/ · Eld·er·ship · IPA /ˈɛldɚʃɪp/
01 n. The state of being older; seniority.
  1. 1.
    The state of being older; seniority.
  2. 2.
    Office of an elder; collectively, a body of elders.