elderate
/ˈɛldəɹeɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The smallest administrative unit in Lithuania, equivalent to a ward.
Example Sentences
- "One of the major accomplishments of the Business Information Centre has been the involvement of Švenčionys people into the project on poverty and social exclusion reduction in Northern Ireland, stirring up life in the countryside and training of initiative people from all elderates who later have naturally started leading the foundation of rural communities."
- "The centre of Birštonas elderate which consists of 46 villages is Birštonas individual-farm settlement. The territory of the elderate is 111 km²."
- "Lithuania established its administrative organization in 1994 and in 2000 introduced some modification in order to meet EU requirements. It is divided into 10 Apskritys (counties), 60 savivaldybés^([sic – meaning savivaldybės]) (municipalities) and more than 500 seniūnijos (elderates)."
- "Municipalities are subdivided into elderates, some 546 in all. An elderate, which comprises a village, several small villages, a small town, or a city neighborhood, is responsible for small-scale matters, such as sidewalk cleaning. Elderates are run by an official (an elder) appointed by the municipality; in cities, the elder is elected."
- "In Lithuania and Uzbekistan, where the size of the lowest administrative tier is large, some functions are delegated to territorial subunits of the local governments (wards or elderates in Lithuania, and mahallas in Uzbekistan)."
- "In terms of levels of governance, since 2000 the country has been divided according to a three-tiered administrative structure in order to meet with EU requirements. The national territory is divided into ten counties, which are in turn subdivided into 60 municipalities, comprising over 500 ‘elderates’, which manage small-scale local matters."