Preeminence; superiority.
The role or influence of an elder or elders.
The authority, rule, or office of an elder.
The state of being an elder, or of being older; elderhood.
Authority; dominion.
The quality of being supreme.
The ideology that a specified group is superior to others or should have supreme power over them.
Power over all others.
A state of privilege for a specified group relative to other people in society.