Superordination
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The ordination of a person to fill a station already occupied; especially, the ordination by an ecclesiastical official, during his lifetime, of his successor. countable, uncountable
"that the infant church might not be orphan an hour , lest satan should assault the breach of such a vacancy , to the disadvantage of religion . Such a super-ordination in such cases was canonicalñ it being a tradition"
- 2 the semantic relation of being superordinate or belonging to a higher rank or class wordnet
- 3 The relation of a universal proposition to a particular proposition in the same terms. countable, uncountable
Synonyms
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More examples"that the infant church might not be orphan an hour , lest satan should assault the breach of such a vacancy , to the disadvantage of religion . Such a super-ordination in such cases was canonicalñ it being a tradition"
Etymology
From super- + ordination: compare Latin superordinatio.