Answer:

elders

Answer	Crossword Clue
ELDERS	Church officers
ELDERS	Church fathers
ELDERS	Respectable people?

ELDERS	Shortest-serving Surgeon General
ELDERS	Tribal spokesmen
ELDERS	Superiors
ELDERS	Tribal VIPs
ELDERS	Respected tribe members
ELDERS	Church officials
ELDERS	Tribal patriarchs
ELDERS	Respected ones

ELDERS	Honeysuckle shrubs
ELDERS	Respectable ones?
ELDERS	Council members, often
ELDERS	People to respect
ELDERS	Leaders of the tribe, perhaps
ELDERS	Those that deserve respect
ELDERS	Ones to be respected
ELDERS	Forefathers

ELDERS	Church leaders
ELDERS	Patriarchs and matriarchs
ELDERS	Those who deserve respect
ELDERS	Revered tribe members, often
ELDERS	Seniors
ELDERS	Some church officials
ELDERS	Some council members
ELDERS	Senior officials

ELDERS	Presbyters
ELDERS	Respected group
ELDERS	Chief's council
ELDERS	Clan patriarchs
ELDERS	Council members
ELDERS	Chief's advisers
ELDERS	Tribal council
ELDERS	Ones to respect

ELDERS	Former Surgeon General
ELDERS	Tribal rulers
ELDERS	Berry sources
ELDERS	Honeysuckle family members
ELDERS	Tribe rulers