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superordinations

superordinations is the plural of superordination.

Meaning of superordination

Noun

superordination (countable and uncountable, plural superordinations)

  1. The ordination of a person to fill a position already occupied; especially, the ordination by an ecclesiastical official, during his lifetime, of his successor.
    • that the infant church might not be orphan an hour , lest satan should assault the breach of such a vacancy , to the disadvantage of religion . Such a super-ordination in such cases was canonicalñ it being a tradition1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)
  2. The relation of a universal proposition to a particular proposition in the same terms.

Questions about superordinations

What is superordinations the plural of?
Superordinations is the plural of superordination.

Words near superordinations in the dictionary

  1. superordinated
  2. superordinately
  3. superordinates
  4. superordinating
  5. superordination
  6. superordinations
  7. superorganic
  8. superorganically
  9. superorganicism
  10. superorganicist
  11. superorganicists

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