subprincipal

[Pref. sub-, and Eng. prin cipal (q. v.).] I. Ord. Lang.: A subordinate, deputy, or a istant principal. II. Technically : 1. Carp .: An auxiliary rafter or principal brace. 2. Music: An organ stop, consisting of open pipes, of 32 feet pitch on the pedals and of 16 feet pitch on the manuals. sub-pri-õr, *sub-pri-our, *sous-pri-or, subst. [Pref. sub-, and Eng. prior (q. v.).] Eccles.: One under and in place of a prior; the vicegerent of a prior; a claustral officer who a ists a prior. "The so us prior of hor hous the monekes chose ech on." Robert of Gloucester, p. 494. sub-pū-bic, adject . [Pref. sub- , and Eng. pubic (q. v.).] Situated or being under the pubes or pu bis; as, the subpubic arch.