Meanings
plural superordinations
- countableuncountableThe ordination of a person to fill a position already occupied; especially, the ordination by an ecclesiastical official, during his lifetime, of his successor.
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
1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI) - countableuncountablehuman sciencesThe relation of a universal proposition to a particular proposition in the same terms.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe semantic relation of being superordinate or belonging to a higher rank or class
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From super- + ordination: compare Latin superordinatio.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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