SUBORDINARY
Sub*or"di*na*ry, n. (Her.)
Defn: One of several heraldic bearings somewhat less common than an ordinary. See Ordinary.
Note: Different writers name different bearings as subordinaries, but the bar, bend, sinister, pile, inescutcheon bordure, gyron, and quarter, are always considered subordinaries by those who do not class them as ordinaries.
SUBORDINATE Sub*or"di*nate, a. Etym: [Pref. sub + L. ordinatus, p.p. of ordinare to set in order, to arrange. See Ordain.]
1. Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position. The several kinds and subordinate species of each are easily distinguished. Woodward.
2. Inferior in order, nature, dignity, power, importance, or the like. It was subordinate, not enslaved, to the understanding. South.
SUBORDINATE
Sub*or"di*nate, n.
Defn: One who stands in order or rank below another; — distinguished from a principal. Milton.
SUBORDINATE
Sub*or"di*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subordinated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Subordinating.]
1. To place in a lower order or class; to make or consider as of less value or importance; as, to subordinate one creature to another.