superordination

noun

su·​per·​or·​di·​na·​tion

1

[Late Latin superordination-, superordinatio, from superordinatus (past participle of superordinare to appoint in addition, from Latin super- + ordinare to arrange, appoint) + -ion-, -io -ion] : ordination of a person to fill a station already occupied

especially : the ordination by an ecclesiastical official of his own successor

2

[super- + -ordination (as in subordination)]

a

: the act or process of superordinating : dominance

b

: the relation of a universal proposition to a particular with the same terms

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