suborder (subʻor"der)

1. In bot. and zool., a subdivision of an order; a group subordinate to an order; a superfamily. See family, 6, and order, n., 5.-2. In arch., a subordinate or seeondary order; an order introduced for decoration, or chiefly so, as distinguished from a main order of the structure. In the triforium of the choir [of the cathedral of Senlis] the shafts which carry the sub - orders of the arches are comparatively slender monoliths. C. H. Moore, Gothic Architecture, p. 202. subordinacy (sub-or'di-nā-si), n. [ subordi na(te) +-cy.] The state of being subordinate, or subject to control; subordination. [Rare.] He forms a Whole, coherent and proportioned in itself, with due Subjection and Subordinacy of constituent Parts. Shaftesbury , Advice to an Author, i. § 3. subordinal (sub-ôr'di-nal), a. [ sub ord in an cet (sub-ôr'di-nans), n. [ The sub ord i nancy of the government changing hands so often. Sir W. Temple . 6026 not considered so common or so important as one of the ordinaries. See ordinary, 9. Those bearings which are called ordinaries by some writers and not by others are called subordinaries by these latter: such are the pile, the inescutcheon, the bend sinister, the canton or quarter, the border, the orle, and the point. subordinate (sub-or'di-nāt), (sub-ôr' v. t.; pret. and pp. subordinated, ppr. subordinating. [ = Sp. Pg. sub ordinar = F. subordonner ), place in a lower order, make subject, So plans he, Always subordinating (note the point!) Revenge, the manlier sin, to interest, The meaner. Browning , Ring and Book, II. 186. All that is merely circumstantial shall be subordinated to and in keeping with what is e ential. J. Caird . 2. To make auxiliary or subservient to something else; put under control or authority; make subject. The stars fight in their courses under his banner, and subordinate their powers to the dictates of his will. South , Sermons, VII. 1. The branch societies were subordinated to the central one. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. cxxxv. There is no known vertebrate in which the whole of the germ-product is not subordinated to a single axis. H. Spencer , Prin. of Biol., § 50. Subordinating conjunction. See conjunction , 3. subordinate (sub-ôr'di-nat), a. and n. [= F. subordonné Sp. Pg. sub ord in a do = It. sub or dinato, sub ord in at us , place in a lower order: see subordinate , v.] I. a . 1. In a lower order or cla ; occupying a lower position in a descending scale; secondary. Life is the function of the animal's body considered as one whole, just as the subordinate functions are those of the body's several sets of organs. Mivart , Nature-and Thought, p. 188. 2. Inferior in order, nature, dignity, power, rank, importance, etc. It was subordinate , not enslaved, to the understanding. South . The great are naturally averse to a power raised over them, and whose weight must ever lean heaviest on the subordinate orders. Goldsmith, Vicar, xix. Subordinate cause. See cause, 1.- Subordinate clause. (a) Ingram., same as dependent clause. (See under clause, 3.) Such a clause has the value of either a noun, an adjective, or an adverb in some other clause to which it is subordinated, being introduced either by a relative pronoun or an adverb, or by a subordinating conjunction. (b) In law, a clause in a statute which, from its position or the nature of its substance, or especially by reason of gramınatical relation as above indicated, must be deemed controlled or restrained in its meaning if it conflicts with another clause in the same statute. - Subordinate end. See end. =Syn. Subservient, minor. II. n. One inferior in power, order, rank, dignity, office, etc.; one who stands in order or rank below another; often, one below and under the orders of another; in gram . , a word or clause dependent on another. His next subordinate, Awakening, thus to him in secret spake. Milton , P. L., v. 671. subordinately (sub-ôr'di-nat-li), adv. In a subordinate manner; in a lower order, cla , rank, or dignity; as of inferior importance. subordinatene (sub-or'di-nat-nes), n. The state of being subordinate or inferior. subordination (sub-ôr-di-na's hon), n. [F. subordination = Sp. sub ord in a cion = Pg. sub or din ação = It. sub ord in azione, There being no Religion that tends so much to the peace of mens minds and the preservation of civil Societies as this [the Christian religion] doth; yet all this it doth by way of subordination to the great end of it, which is the promoting mens eternal happine . Stilling fleet , Sermons, I. iv. In his narrative a due subordination is observed: some transactions are prominent; others retire. 21. Degree of le er rank. Macaulay , History. Persons who, in their several subordinations , would be obliged to follow the example of their superiors. Swift . 3. The state of being under control of government; subjection to rule; habit of obedience to orders. Never, never more shall we behold that generous loy alty to rank and sex, that proud submi ion, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom. Burke , Rev. in France. suboxid They were without subordination , patience, industry, or any of the regular habits demanded for succe in such an enterprise. Pre scott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 8. subordination ism (sub-ôr-di-nā'shon-izm), w. [ ty are inferior to God the Father as regards (4) order only, or (6) as regards e ence former doctrine is considered orthodox, the latter is that of the Arians and others. Justin... did not hold a strict subordination ism . Liddon, Divinity of Our Lord, p. 430.