superordination
noun
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Definition of superordination
1
[ Late Latin superordination-, superordinatio, from superordinatus (past participle of superordinare to appoint in addition, from Latin super- + ordinare to arrange, appoint) + -ion-, -io -ion ]
: ordination of a person to fill a station already occupied
especially
: the ordination by an ecclesiastical official of his own successor
2 [ super- + -ordination (as in subordination) ]
a
: the act or process of superordinating : dominance
b
: the relation of a universal proposition to a particular with the same terms