ruling elder
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ruling elder
First recorded in 1585–95
Example Sentences
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Claire Louise Schoppe, a ruling elder commissioner, was one of the few delegates to speak against the measure.
From Washington Times
According to the judge's written ruling, Elder and Natale-Hjorth allegedly paid for cocaine from a drug dealer in Rome's Trastevere neighborhood but the deal wasn't completed because police officers had approached.
From Fox News
Ed Hander, one of the ruling elder members of First Presbyterian Church, said housekeeping jobs are typically available.
From Washington Times
In a conspicuous position is the monument raised, in 1858, by the descendants of Robert Cushman, and of Thomas Cushman, his son, for forty-three years ruling elder of the church of the Pilgrims.
From Project Gutenberg
W. H. Simpson was a ruling elder in my church.
From Project Gutenberg
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