Historical clue formulations

• They have seniority — 2025-07-13
• Some pillars of the community — 2025-05-10
• Revered sorts — 2025-05-01
• Grayheads — 2023-03-24
• Patriarchs and matriarchs — 2022-12-21
• So-called "wisdom-keepers" — 2022-12-07
• Tribal leaders — 2020-01-16
• Tribal chiefs, typically — 2019-02-26
• Tribal leaders — 2018-05-14
• Makeup of many a tribal council — 2016-10-16
• Graybeards — 2016-01-22
• Church leaders — 2014-12-21
• Some council members — 2013-04-20
• Tribal V.I.P.'s — 2011-01-11
• Tribal advisers, typically — 2010-08-02
• Council members — 2009-09-20
• Tribal council makeup, often — 2008-04-27
• Experienced advice-givers — 2006-11-10
• Grayheads — 2006-06-07
• Respected ones — 2004-12-12
• Church V.I.P.'s — 2004-08-17
• Tribal V.I.P.'s — 2001-02-12
• Pillars of the community — 2000-09-15
• Respectable group — 1999-07-30
• Shaker leaders — 1996-11-23
• Experienced ones — 1996-11-01
• Church officials — 1995-07-06