The Collaborative International Dictionary
Subordinary
Subordinary \Sub*or"di*na*ry\, n. (Her.) One of several heraldic bearings somewhat less common than an ordinary. See Ordinary.
Note: Different writers name different bearings as subordinaries, but the bar, bend, sinister, pile, inescutcheon bordure, gyron, and quarter, are always considered subordinaries by those who do not class them as ordinaries.
Wiktionary
subordinary
n. (context heraldry English) Any device that is less common than the normal ordinary
Usage examples of "subordinary".
It was he who set up the Office of Human Background, which processed and evaluated the ordinary Americans, weeding out the extraordinary and subordinary ones.
There are central and subordinary fire stations, all connected together by telegraph and telephone.