ELDERSHIP Synonyms

• an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

• a military unit or region under the control of a single officer

• the power or authority to command

• availability for use

• a position of highest authority

• great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity

• (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program

• be in command of

• make someone do something

• demand as one's due

• look down on

• exercise authoritative control or power over

• power to direct or determine

• a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another

• (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc

• a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment

• the activity of managing or exerting control over something

• the state that exists when one person or group has power over another

• discipline in personal and social activities

• great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity

• a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine

• a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance

• the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.

• exercise authoritative control or power over

• lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits

• handle and cause to function

• maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage

• check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard

• place under restrictions; limit access to by law

• verify by using a duplicate register for comparison

• be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something

• have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of

• one of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth

• dominance or power through legal authority

• a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

• the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

• the act of governing; exercising authority

• the activity of leading

• the body of people who lead a group

• the status of a leader

• the ability to lead

• the act of managing something

• those in charge of running a business

• a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful

• the period during which a monarch is sovereign

• royal authority; the dominion of a monarch

• have sovereign power

• be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

• a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior

• something regarded as a normative example

• prescribed guide for conduct or action

• (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice

• a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct

• the duration of a monarch's or government's power

• dominance or power through legal authority

• directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted

• any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order

• a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system

• (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems

• measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths

• exercise authority over; as of nations

• decide with authority

• be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

• decide on and make a declaration about

• have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac

• mark or draw with a ruler

• keep in check

• power to dominate or defeat