Answer: elders

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ELDERSTribal leaders
ELDERSExperienced ones
ELDERSShaker leaders
ELDERSRespectable group
ELDERSThey're to be respected
elderssmall tree bearing clusters of red, black, or yellow el·der·ber·ries
eldersolder
eldersolder person
eldersELDER, a shrub or tree
ELDERSMakeup of many a tribal council
ELDERSChurch V.I.P.'s
ELDERSTribal biggies
ELDERSGerontocracy rulers
ELDERSPresbyterian officials
ELDERSThose to respect
ELDERSGrown-ups, to kids
ELDERSExperienced advice-givers
ELDERSTribal council makeup, often
ELDERSGrayheads
ELDERSTribal advisers, typically
ELDERSCertain Presbyterians.
ELDERSFalse accusers of Susanna.
ELDERSShrubs bearing red berries.
ELDERSGraybeards.
ELDERSPatriarchs.
ELDERSChurch officials.
ELDERSTrees.
ELDERSGrandparents.
ELDERSAudience for Susanna.
ELDERSSenior members.
ELDERSGrandparents, e.g.
ELDERSChurchmen.
ELDERSBerry plants.
ELDERSChurchmen
ELDERSGraybeards
ELDERSSusanna's group of snoops
ELDERSVenerated townsmen
ELDERSSemior citizens
ELDERSAncestors
ELDERSBerry trees