Converse of object

• ordain: In the third phrase, the elders themselves ordained other elders ( 1 Timothy 4:14 ).

• appoint: Always the ultimate responsibility for appointing elders was a part of the function of church leadership.

Converse of subject

• initiate: Marriages, initiated by elders, were arranged with the help of an ' aunt ' or the ' priest ' .

Adjective modifier

• Ephesian: Paul could have said to these Ephesian elders: " I, or some other senior leader, made you overseers.

• tribal: The book is punctuated with pictures of him engaging in shooting competitions with the tribal elders, dressed in full headgear.

• Asian: All of the areas in the study had made attempts to develop specific services, particularly for Asian elders.

• ethnic: A good example is residential care for black and ethnic minority elders.

• South: Clear service and care Pathways for South Asian elders and their informal elder carers living in the above three boroughs.

Modifies a noun

• statesman: Perhaps a little upset, Daz urged our watching elder statesmen to pick up their pensions!

• brother: Loch Ness Monster His elder brother, James Ewing, married a stone mason's daughter, Jemima Rough Phillip, in Dundee.

• sister: He had an elder sister, Hannah who was born in 1838.

• son: Their elder son has to work for better off people.

• sibling: Occasionally, a child simply took on the registration of a dead elder sibling of the same sex.

• daughter: Our elder daughter was switched from the state to the independent education sector.

Noun used with modifier

• twenty-four: All of them refer to the twenty-four elders who appear to be unique representatives of the redeemed people of God from all ages.

• clan: The system directly implicated clan elders, family friends and the child's peers in the community.

• minority: A good example is residential care for black and ethnic minority elders.

• village: Most of these are chosen by village elders, among whom the current headman has the most say.

Preposition: of

• tribe: Elders of the tribe performing a ritual around a caldron with a yellow liquid which they ceremonially drink as they chant.

• congregation: Are the decisions of pastors and elders of a particular congregation final?