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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1663
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Subordination, n. [e.m.E. subordination (a1600), late L. subordinatiōn-. Cf. F. subordination (1610 in Larousse).] Subservience to (another). —c1663 Row 541.
The former and proper sort of submission is when … I come unto a lyne of subordination to the Usurpers
