superordination

superordination
/sooh'peuhr awr'dn ay"sheuhn/, n.
1. Logic. the relation between a universal proposition and a particular proposition of the same quality containing the same terms in the same order.
2. Eccles. the ordination by an official of his or her successor.
[1645-55; < LL superordination- (s. of superordinatio), equiv. to superordinat(us) (ptp. of superordinare; see SUPER-, ORDAIN, -ATE1) + -ion- -ION]

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