Elderhood vs Elderdom - What's the difference?
elderhood | elderdom |
The state, quality, or condition of being an elder.
*2004 , Carol R. Ember, Melvin Ember, Encylopedia of Medical Anthropology :
Authority; dominion.
*1852 , Alfred (King of England), The whole works of King Alfred the Great :
Preeminence; superiority.
*1773 , Paulus Orosius, Daines Barrington, The Anglo-Saxon version :
The authority, rule, or office of an elder.
*2005 , Philip Sheldrake, The new Westminster dictionary of Christian spirituality :
The state of being an elder, or of being older; elderhood.
*2010 , Janis Abrahms Spring, Ph.D., Janis Abrahms Spring, Michael Spring, Life with Pop: Lessons on Caring for an Aging Parent :
The role or influence of an elder or elders.
*2005 , Hortense Calisher, Tattoo for a Slave :
As nouns the difference between elderhood and elderdom
is that elderhood is the state, quality, or condition of being an elder while elderdom is authority; dominion.elderhood
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Noun
(-)- A notion of elderhood appears to exist in most non-Western societies and is largely based on combining social and functional definitions of one's place in the life cycle.
elderdom
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Noun
(-)- Both of these things Moses fulfilled, when he refused elderdom or authority, [...]
- The name of one of these was Claudius, who arrogated to himself elderdom over the others, though they by no means allowed his claim of superiority, hut quarrelled with him.
- Hence the popular belief that elderdom was most of all at home on Russian soil.
- Thanks to him, I have a better sense of what it takes to morph gracefully into elderdom .
- The weight of elderdom in our family was like a drapery to be taken for granted. In which anyone could at times gratefully hide.