Subordinate

sub-or′di-nāt, adj. lower in order, rank, nature, power, .: descending in a regular series.— n. one in a lower order or rank: an inferior.— v.t. to place in a lower order: to consider of le value: to make subject.— ns. Subor′dinacy , Subor′dinance , the state of being subordinate.— adv. Subor′dinately .— ns. Subor′dinatene ; Subordinā′tion , act of subordinating or placing in a lower order: state of being subordinate: inferiority of rank or position; Subordinā′tionism , the doctrine of the inferiority of the second and third Persons of the Trinity to the first.— adj. Subor′dinātive , tending to, or expre ing, subordination. [L. sub , under, ordo , ordinis , order.]