clan elder
Family group leader
A clan elder is a senior member of a kinship group who holds authority through age, experience, and accumulated wisdom.
In traditional societies, clan elders settle disputes, preserve customs, and make decisions affecting the extended family or tribe.
The term appears in fantasy fiction and gaming to describe similar figures: The clan elder blessed the young warriors before battle.
- patriarchMale head of family
- chieftainLeader of a tribe
- tribal councilIndigenous community's ruling body
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
sacred knowledge · council · ancestor · ancestral spirits · lineage · family tree · respected · village · tradition · chief · sage · oral tradition · kinship · bloodline · blood ties · fireside · storyteller · authority
- family eldersgrandma, grandpa, grandfather, grandmother, grandparent
- tribal eldersmatriarch, grandmother, grandfather, wisdom keeper, oral historian
- Korean Ancestryancestral seat, ancestral rites
- kinshipmother, father, sister, brother, children
- seniorssenior citizens, senior, old woman, old lady, older adults
- knowledge keepersarchivist, curator, historian, librarian, loremaster
clan elderjunior member
Lower-ranked group participant
youngster · infant · newborn · adolescent · initiate
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