subordination
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Subordination describes the process of relegating a creditor’s claim below that of others.
From New York Times • Feb. 29, 2012
The Index of Subordination is low, but we don't want one too high for this post.
From Pagan Passions by Stanley, Robert
Chap. iv, "The Social Subordination of Woman," pp. 79-101.
From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra
Subordination is necessary in every class of life, but particularly in the military.
From An History of Birmingham (1783) by Hutton, William
This couplet is at the end of the second letter in De Foe's Great Law of Subordination, p.
From Notes and Queries, Number 50, October 12, 1850 by Various
Vocabulary lists containing subordination
The Federalist Papers, No. 9 by Alexander Hamilton
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Second Treatise of Government
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