subdiaconate

[Pref. sub-, and English diaconate.] The office or rank of a subdeacon (q. v.), *sub-di-al, a. [Lat. sub dial is in the open air.] Of or pertaining to the open air; being under the open sky. sub-di-a-lěct, s. [Pref. sub-, and Eng. dialect (q. v.).] A subordinate or inferior dialect; a le important dialect. *sub-di-chot-o-mỹ, s. [Pref. sub- , and English dichotomy (q. v.).] A subordinate or inferior dichotomy or division into pairs; a subdivision. sub-dis-tinc-tion, s . [Pref. sub- , and Eng. dis tinct i on (q. v.).] A subordinate distinction. *sub-di-ti-tious, a. [Latin sub dit it i us , from subditus , pa. par. of sub do =to substitute; sub= under, and do to give.] Put secretly in the place of something else; foisted in. *sub-di-ver-si-fỹ, v . t . [Pref. sub- , and English diversify (q. v.).] To diversify again what is already diversified. "Variously sub diversified according to the fancy of the artificer." Hale. Orig. of Mankind, p. 157.