A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1649-1650
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(Subordinate,) Subordinat, v. [e.m.E. subordinate (1597), f. as Subordinateadj.] tr. To make (another) dependent on or subservient to (one's authority). —a1650 Row 427.
A few number of preachers, … abuseing and appropriating that name of Bishop … and seeking to subordinat their brethren to their jurisdiction
