What is "superordination"

Superordination \Su`per*or`di*na"tion\, n. [Pref. super- + ordination: cf. L. superordinatio.] The ordination of a person to fill a station already occupied; especially, the ordination by an ecclesiastical official, during his lifetime, of his successor.
--Fuller.

n. The ordination of a person to fill a station already occupied; especially, the ordination by an ecclesiastical official, during his lifetime, of his successor.

n. the semantic relation of being superordinate or belonging to a higher rank or class [syn: hypernymy]