Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SUB-OR'DIN-ATE, a. [L. sub and ordinatus, from ordo, order.]

1. Inferior in order, in nature, in dignity, in power, importance, &c.; as, subordinate officers. It was subordinate, not enslaved, to the understanding. – South.
2. Descending in a regular series. The several kinds and subordinate species of each, are easily distinguished. – Woodward.