But the elders met resistance and did not have the necessary resources to wage an effective grass-roots campaign.

These elders meet at a local level in the Kirk Session.

The elders will meet in council as they did for the Roman.

So when the seven elders met in April, taking an unusually long time, they tried hard to be fair.

The next day, the elders met and decided to find the group and bring them in.

If an issue involved the whole ethnic group, the elders of the various sections and districts met and took a decision.

Each year, the elders would meet and decide how much each family needed for its purposes.

The elders and the young men and the children would meet his eye.

The elders of the community met to find out who the next Mathādhipati should be.

So the elders met and decided to leave the town at the earliest possible date.