Historical clue formulations

• Trusted one, typically — 2025-12-19
• Respected figure — 2025-03-27
• Grandparent, e.g. — 2024-09-03
• Someone to respect — 2024-07-03
• Respected sort — 2023-11-14
• Respected figure — 2023-10-11
• Religious figurehead — 2023-09-17
• One saying "Back in my day ..." — 2023-07-16
• Like one of two Roman Plinys — 2023-07-05
• Respected community leader — 2023-02-20
• Respected person in a tribe — 2022-01-12
• Like Prince William vis-à-vis Prince Harry — 2021-09-28
• Respected person in a tribe — 2021-07-19
• Respected tribe member — 2021-06-16
• Matriarch, for example — 2021-03-26
• Church officer — 2020-09-13
• Venerable sort — 2020-07-24
• Box ___ (tree) — 2019-01-06
• Person with seniority — 2018-10-18
• One to show respect to — 2018-08-22
• Someone to respect — 2018-05-25
• Revered one in a tribe — 2017-12-18
• Tribal V.I.P. — 2017-11-04
• One knowledgeable on tribal lore — 2017-08-25
• One starting a story "Back in my day ...," say — 2017-05-30
• Descriptor of many statesmen — 2017-03-22
• Respected tribesman — 2016-09-14
• Village V.I.P. — 2015-08-16
• Higher-up? — 2014-03-29
• Black-berried tree — 2013-11-24
• One with seniority — 2013-08-07
• Tribal bigwig — 2013-07-19
• Often-consulted church figure — 2012-01-03
• Respected tribe member — 2010-11-01
• Esau vis-à-vis Jacob — 2010-06-11
• Like some statesmen — 2009-03-05
• Communion assistant — 2008-12-05
• Cain vis-à-vis Abel — 2008-01-02
• Octogenarian, for one — 2007-10-08
• Advice-giving sort — 2005-11-27
• Tribal leader — 2005-10-24
• Graybeard — 2005-07-14
• Patriarch — 2005-06-22
• Valued advice-giver — 2005-01-09
• Like Esau vis-à-vis Jacob — 2004-09-17
• One to respect — 2003-12-09
• Council member, maybe — 2003-01-17
• Church leader — 2002-10-09
• Respected one — 2002-07-30
• Church official — 2002-01-15