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† suborˈdain, v. Obs.
[f. sub- + ordain, partly after med.L. subordināre to subordinate.]
1. [sub- 27.] trans. To appoint in place of another.
1600Holland Livy xxxi. l. 804 In his place M. Acilius Glabrio was subordained [L. suffectus]. Ibid. xli. xxi. 1109 Augures were subordained [L. suffecti sunt].
2. [sub- 8.] To appoint to a subordinate position.
1602J. Davies Mirum in modum (1878) 24/2 That Powre omnipotent, That Nature subordain'd, chiefe Gouernour, Of fading Creatures. 1602Dolman La Primaud. Fr. Acad. (1618) iii. 661 The first cause, through vertue whereof, the rest subordained vnder it do work.
3. To make subordinate or subject.
a1617Bayne On Eph. (1643) 274 These may be subordeyned one to another. 1633D. R[ogers] Treat. Sacr. i. 16 The Covenant of obedience is subordeined to the covenant of grace.
4. To promulgate (an order) by a subordinate authority.
1654Earl of Monmouth tr. Bentivoglio's Wars Flanders 154 No Order could issue forth from him, which was not to be subordained by the Councel of State. |