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ˌsuperordiˈnation
[ad. eccl. L. superordinātio, -ōnem choice of a bishop's successor, f. superordināre: see super- 13 and ordination.]
1. Ordination of a person, while another still holds an office, to succeed him in that office when it shall become vacant. rare.
1655Fuller Ch. Hist. ii. ii. §27 After the death of Augustine, Laurentius..succeeded him, whom Augustine, in his Life-time..ordained in that Place... Such a super-Ordination in such cases was Canonicall.
2. a. Logic. The action of superordinating or condition of being superordinated; superordinate position or relation.
1864Bowen Logic viii. 244 The relations of inclusion and exclusion, of subordination and superordination, of Intension and Extension, existing between two Concepts and a Third. 1887W. L. Davidson in Mind Apr. 234 The relations that obtain between groups are those of subordination, superordination and co-ordination.
b. The condition of belonging to a higher or more powerful category or class; opp. subordination.
1952V. O. Key Politics, Parties, & Pressure Groups (ed. 3) i. 4 Politics deals with human relationships of superordination and subordination,..of the governors and the governed. 1959G. D. Mitchell Sociol. iii. 41 The relationship between father and son is one of super- and sub-ordination. 1975A. Ryle Frames & Cages xiii. 121 The concept of superordination recurs through the book. |
