Superordination

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Superordination \Su`per*or`di*na"tion\, n. [Pref. super- +
     ordination: cf. L. superordinatio.]
     The ordination of a person to fill a station already
     occupied; especially, the ordination by an ecclesiastical
     official, during his lifetime, of his successor. --Fuller.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  superordination
       n : the semantic relation of being superordinate or belonging to
           a higher rank or class [syn: {hypernymy}]