suborderingn.
/ˈsʌbˌɔːd(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsəbˌɔrd(ə)rɪŋ/ rare before mid 20th cent.
The action of arranging into suborders; = subordination n.1 1a. Also: an instance of this.
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1653 Z. Coke Art of Logick i. 85 A perfect division also is either of The whole subordering [or] The Co-ordered. Of the sub-ordering is, which resolveth the general into the specials that are subordered or subjected thereto, as to divide Animal into man and beast.
1865 S. S. Hennell Present Relig. I. i. 87 There had already taken place with regard to that prior notion, the sub-ordering out of the general conception into minor points of consideration.
1955 Amer. Math. Soc. 6 206 We shall describe by induction a sub-ordering E(j)/ i of P.
1992 O. Khleborodova tr. M. S. Gelfand in S. Gindikin Math. Methods Anal. Biopolymer Sequences ii. 44 The subordering is by species (the fourth column): prokaryotes, phages, eukatyotes, viruses.
2006 K. Giles Jesus & Father ii. 91 Divine differentiation and order do not involve the sub-ordering of the Son and the Spirit.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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