eldership russian

• ста́рчество

  old age, senility, dotage

  eldership, spiritual guidance by an elder, staretzdom

Examples

• Он много писал о старчестве и мудрости стариков.

  He wrote a great deal about eldership and the wisdom of old people.

• В монастыре старчество считалось особым духовным путём.

  In the monastery, spiritual eldership was regarded as a special path.