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Elder Brethren

A distinguished body of men, elected as masters of Trinity House, an Institution incorporated in the reign of Henry VIII., charged with numer-ous important duties relating to the marine, Bach as the superintendence of light-houses. Mozley A whitley; 2 Steph. Comm. 502

Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)