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− | *Date: before [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Century 12th century] | + | *Date: before [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Century 12th century] |
| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
| *1 : one living in an earlier period | | *1 : one living in an earlier period |
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| *4 : any of various officers of [[religious]] [[groups]]: as | | *4 : any of various officers of [[religious]] [[groups]]: as |
| :a : presbyter | | :a : presbyter |
− | :b : a permanent officer elected by a [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presbyterian Presbyterian] congregation and [[ordained]] to serve on the session and assist the pastor at [[communion]] | + | :b : a permanent officer elected by a [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presbyterian Presbyterian] congregation and [[ordained]] to serve on the session and assist the pastor at [[communion]] |
| :c : minister | | :c : minister |
− | :d : a [[leader]] of the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakers Shakers] | + | :d : a [[leader]] of the [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakers Shakers] |
− | *e : a [http://www.wikpedia.org/wiki/Mormon Mormon] [[ordained]] to the [[Melchizedek]] [[priesthood]] | + | *e : a [https://www.wikpedia.org/wiki/Mormon Mormon] [[ordained]] to the [[Melchizedek]] [[priesthood]] |
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| ==Description== | | ==Description== |
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| Elder is a role played in the [[family]] and [[community]] that is most common in third world, non-industrialized cultures. ''Elderhood'' is the condition or [[quality]] of being an elder. Elder is a [[manner]] of [[being]] in the latter portion of life that results from an older man or woman answering the informal call from the [[family]] or [[community]] to accept the mantle of elderhood. Once having accepted this calling, elders are known by their interest in [[mentor]]ing, [[sharing]] their long life experiences, modeling a sense of oneness with [[Earth]] and often, acting as the [[spiritual]] [[agent]] of one's [[community]]. | | Elder is a role played in the [[family]] and [[community]] that is most common in third world, non-industrialized cultures. ''Elderhood'' is the condition or [[quality]] of being an elder. Elder is a [[manner]] of [[being]] in the latter portion of life that results from an older man or woman answering the informal call from the [[family]] or [[community]] to accept the mantle of elderhood. Once having accepted this calling, elders are known by their interest in [[mentor]]ing, [[sharing]] their long life experiences, modeling a sense of oneness with [[Earth]] and often, acting as the [[spiritual]] [[agent]] of one's [[community]]. |
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− | An example of elder [[expression]] is the good [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandmother grandmother] who at once enwraps her [[children]] with life [[assuring]] warmth and, at the same time, lets them go and grow to become [[independent]] and free adults. Another example is the journeyman who [[mentors]] the apprentice with goals of sponsorship and advocacy as well as the [[demonstration]] of [[skills]]. Elders believe the role of adults is to facilitate [[creativity]] in the young, not teach the [[patterns]] of the [[past]]. This often leads to mentoring, which is time consuming. Elders, therefore have less time to indulge themselves. Elders, in their [[wisdom]], sense that they are caretakers and that their vitality depends on a [[personal]] shift from [[Ego|egocentricity]] to [[community]]. | + | An example of elder [[expression]] is the good [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandmother grandmother] who at once enwraps her [[children]] with life [[assuring]] warmth and, at the same time, lets them go and grow to become [[independent]] and free adults. Another example is the journeyman who [[mentors]] the apprentice with goals of sponsorship and advocacy as well as the [[demonstration]] of [[skills]]. Elders believe the role of adults is to facilitate [[creativity]] in the young, not teach the [[patterns]] of the [[past]]. This often leads to mentoring, which is time consuming. Elders, therefore have less time to indulge themselves. Elders, in their [[wisdom]], sense that they are caretakers and that their vitality depends on a [[personal]] shift from [[Ego|egocentricity]] to [[community]]. |
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− | The older person who resists the call is often submitting to the weight of bias toward the old found most commonly in the [[youth]] oriented industrialized part of the world. Elder is a generative [[model]] for moving from adulthood to a deeper [[expression]] of being in late life. Older people today are fully capable of rediscovering their generative [[potential]] and maintaining their [[social]] [[responsibilities]] as wisdomkeepers, earthkeepers, [[mentors]] and celebrants, sources of [[blessing]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elder_%28administrative_title%29] | + | The older person who resists the call is often submitting to the weight of bias toward the old found most commonly in the [[youth]] oriented industrialized part of the world. Elder is a generative [[model]] for moving from adulthood to a deeper [[expression]] of being in late life. Older people today are fully capable of rediscovering their generative [[potential]] and maintaining their [[social]] [[responsibilities]] as wisdomkeepers, earthkeepers, [[mentors]] and celebrants, sources of [[blessing]].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elder_%28administrative_title%29] |
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| [[Category: Sociology]] | | [[Category: Sociology]] |