superordination
Americannoun
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Logic. the relation between a universal proposition and a particular proposition of the same quality containing the same terms in the same order.
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Ecclesiastical. the ordination by an official of their own successor.
Etymology
Origin of superordination
First recorded in 1645–55; from Late Latin superōrdinātiōn- (stem of superōrdinātiō ), equivalent to superōrdināt(us) (past participle of superōrdināre; see super-, ordain, -ate 1) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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Simmel in his interesting discussion of the subject points out the fact that the relations of subordination and superordination are reciprocal.
From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Robert Ezra Park
The moral laws are formulas expressing relations of equality or subordination, or superordination.
From The Moral Instruction of Children by Felix Adler
What do you understand to be the relation of suggestion and rapport to subordination and superordination?
From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Robert Ezra Park
The characters of grandeur or sublimity, with relation to ourselves, are greatness, superordination, and power.
From Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman by Alexander Walker
But the logical order of the ground-plan refers, of course, merely to the simple relation of coördination, subordination, and superordination, and the logician is satisfied with such a classification.
From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various
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