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Elderly

Somewhat old advanced beyond middle age bordering on old age as elderly people...

Elder Brethren. A name of the Masters of the Trinity House (see that title).A distinguished body of men elected as master of Trinity House, and institution incorporated in reign of Henry VIII and charged with many duties of marine affairs, such as superintending light-houses, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 535....

Diselder

To deprive of an elder or elders or of the office of an elder...

elderberry

The berrylike drupe of the elder That of the Old World elder Sambucus nigra and that of the American sweet elder S Canadensis are sweetish acid and are eaten as a berry or made into wines or jellies...

Danewort

A fetid European species of elder Sambucus Ebulus dwarf elder wallwort elderwort called also Daneweed Danes weed and Danes blood Said to grow on spots where battles were fought against the Danes...

VerbarOsteoporosis

An absorption of bone so that the bone tissue becomes unusually porous It occurs especially in elderly men and postmenopausal women and predisposes the elderly to fractures of the bones...

Bastard Eigne

Bastard Eigne, an elder son born before marriage; thus if a man had a natural son, and afterwards married the mother and by her had a legitimate son, the latter was mulier puisne, and the elder son bastard eigne, Watk. Descent. C. v. See Legitimacy Act, 1926 (c. 60) and LEGITIMATION....

abrogate

abrogate -gat·ed -gat·ing [Latin abrogare, from ab- off + rogare ask, ask for approval of (a law)] : to abolish by authoritative, official, or formal action : annul repeal [a recent addition to [section] 51B s statutory and common-law privileges "J. S. J. Elder and A. G. Rodgers"] ab·ro·ga·tion [a-brə-gā-shən] n ...

missionary work

missionary work Work performed for a religious organization to spread the faith (religion) and advance the principles and doctrines of the religion. Such work may include religious instruction, help for the elderly and needy and proselytizing. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...

mortgage

mortgage [Anglo-French, from Old French, from mort dead (from Latin mortuus) + gage security] 1 a : a conveyance of title to property that is given to secure an obligation (as a debt) and that is defeated upon payment or performance according to stipulated terms [shows that a deed was intended only as a "W. M. McGovern, Jr. et al."] b : a lien against property that is granted to secure an obligation (as a debt) and that is extinguished upon payment or performance according to stipulated terms [creditors with valid s against the debtor's property "J. H. Williamson"] c : a loan secured by a mortgage [applied for a ] adjustable rate mortgage : a mortgage having an interest rate which is usually initially lower than that of a mortgage with a fixed rate but which is adjusted periodically according to an index (as the cost of funds to the lender) balloon mortgage : a mortgage having the interest paid periodically and the principal paid in one lump sum at the end of the term of the lo...

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