D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Superordination

· Su·per·or·di·na·tion · IPA
01 n. The ordination of a person to fill a station already occupied; especially, the ordination by an ecclesiastical official, during his lifetim…
  1. 1.
    The ordination of a person to fill a station already occupied; especially, the ordination by an ecclesiastical official, during his lifetime, of his successor.