Sub-ōr'di-na-cy, n.

n. [Lat. prefix sub, under, and ordinans, p. pr. of ordinare, to set in order, to arrange. See ORDINANCE.]

1. The state of being subordinate, or subject to control; as, to bring the imagination to act in subordinacy to reason. Spectator.
2. Series of subordination; a descending series. [Rare.] Sir W. Temple.