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Eldership may refer to: * Elder (administrative title), used in several countries and organizations to indicate a position of authority * Eldership (Christianity), the governance of a local congregation by elders * Elderships of Lithuania, the smallest Lithuanian administrative divisions * Starostwo (Polish for "eldership"), a medieval Polish office granted by the king * Starosta okruh (Ukrainian for "eldership"), a part of the territory of the territorial hromadas of Ukraine See also * Council of Elders (other) * Elder (other) An elder is someone with a degree of seniority or authority. Elder or elders may refer to: Positions Administrative * Elder (administrative title), a position of authority Cultural * North American Indigenous elder, a person who has and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elder (administrative Title)
The term Elder, or its equivalent in another language, is used in several countries and organizations to indicate a position of authority. This usage is usually derived from the notion that the oldest members of any given group are the wisest, and are thus the Gerontocracy, most qualified to rule, provide counsel or serve the said group in some other capacity. They often serve as List of oral repositories, oral repositories of their culture's traditional knowledge, morals, and values. Elder systems Elder is a role played in the organised community that is most common in tribal subsistence cultures, ''Elderhood'' being the condition or quality of being an elder. It is essentially the state of being in the latter portion of one's life and being looked to for leadership of either a passive or active nature by your peers and\or subordinates due almost exclusively to this fact. Sometimes it involves a ceremonial investiture of some kind, and other times it does not. Sometimes it involve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eldership (Christianity)
In Christianity, an elder is a person who is valued for wisdom and holds a position of responsibility and authority in a Christian group. In some Christian traditions (e.g., Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism, Methodism) an ''elder'' is an ordained person who serves a local church or churches and who has been ordained to a ministry of word, sacrament and order, filling the preaching and pastoral offices. In other Christian traditions (e.g., Presbyterianism, Churches of Christ, Plymouth Brethren), an elder may be a lay person serving as an administrator in a local congregation, or be ordained and serving in preaching (teaching during church gatherings) or pastoral roles. There is a distinction between ordained elders and lay elders. The two concepts may be conflated in everyday conversation (for example, a lay elder in the Baptist tradition may be referred to as "clergy", especially in America). In non-Christian world cultures the term elder refers to age and experience ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elderships Of Lithuania
A ''seniūnija'' (in English: eldership, elderate, ward, parish, or subdistrict) is the smallest Subdivisions of Lithuania, administrative division of Lithuania. An eldership may comprise a very small region consisting of few villages, one single town, or a part of a big city. Elderships vary in size and population depending on their location and nature. A few elderships make up a municipality. Šilainiai, Dainava (Kaunas), Dainava, Verkiai, Žirmūnai and Pašilaičiai are the most populous elderates, with population counts over , around twice the population of some entire municipalities. Elderships manage small-scale local matters, such as repairing pavements and dirt roads, and keep records on all families living in the eldership. The premise of the concept is that — unlike in higher administrative divisions — an Elder (administrative title), elder (the leader of the eldership) could have time to talk to every person in the eldership who wants to. Modern Lit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starostwo
''Starostwo'' (literally " eldership") is an administrative unit established from the 14th century in the Polish Crown and later in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until the partition of Poland in 1795. Starostwos were established in the crown lands (''królewszczyzna''). The term continues to be used in modern Poland. ''Starosta'' Each ''starostwo'' was administered by an official known as ''starosta''. The ''starosta'' received the office from the king and kept it until the end of his life. It usually provided a significant income for the ''starosta''. His deputy was variously known as ''podstarosta'', ''podstarości'', ''burgrabia'', ''włodarz'', or ''surrogator''. ''Encyklopedia staropolska'', Podstarosta i podstarości" The types of ''starosta'' included: * ''Starosta Generalny'' was the administrative official of a territorial unit: either the representative of the King or Grand Duke or a person directly in charge. * ''Starosta Grodowy'' was a county (''powiat'')- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starosta Okruh
Starosta okruh () is an administrative unit in Ukraine, an optional subdivision of the hromadas. Description A starosta okruh is a political subdivision of a hromada whose purpose is to represent the local interests of a settlement or settlements within the hromada. Typically, they are formed on the territory of settlements which were formerly local governments in their own right, but which were merged in recent years to create the current amalgamated hromadas. As a rule, they can only be formed on settlements in a hromada which are outside the settlement that serves as the administrative center of the hromada. List of starosta okruhs According to the monitoring of the Ministry of Communities and Territories Development on the implementation of the reform of local self-government and territorial organization of power in Ukraine as of January 1, 2025, 7,740 starosta okruhs were allocated within territorial hromadas throughout Ukraine, although only 7,442 starostas were app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hromada
In Ukraine, a hromada () is the main type of municipality and the third level Administrative divisions of Ukraine, local self-government in Ukraine. The current hromadas were established by the Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine, Government of Ukraine on 12 June 2020. A municipality is designated ''urban hromada'' if its administration is located in a city; ''settlement hromada'' if it is located in a settlement (''selyshche''), and ''rural hromada'' if it is located in a village (Village#Ukraine, ''selo'') or a ''selyshche''. Hromadas are grouped to form Raions of Ukraine, raions (districts); groups of raions form Oblasts of Ukraine, oblasts (regions). Optionally, a municipality may be divided into Starosta okruh, starosta okruhs (similar to Civil parish, civil parishes in Great Britain or Frazione, frazioni in Italy), which are the lowest level of local government in Ukraine. Similar terms exist in Poland (''gromada'') and in Belarus (''hramada''). The literal translation of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Council Of Elders (other)
Council of Elders may refer to: * Council of Elders (Malaysia), a group of eminent Malaysians advising the seventh Mahathir cabinet * Council of Elders (A Series of Unfortunate Events), Council of Elders (''A Series of Unfortunate Events''), a fictional organization * Council of Elders of the Bundestag (Germany), a joint deliberative body; likewise in e.g. the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern#Council of Elders, Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern * Council of Five Elders, a form of government in feudal Japan * Council of Ancients, the upper house of the French Directory, a.k.a. Council of Elders * Teip Council of Elders, a council within the Chechen tribal organization Teip * Roman Senate, from the Latin "senatus" meaning "council of elders" * The privy council in several African kingdoms, such as the Oyo Mesi * The ruling council of the planet Krypton (comics), Krypton in the ''Superman'' comic book and film series * Yerevan City Council, whose direct translation is the 'Yerevan Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
