Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position. 2. (a.) Inferior in order, nature, dignity, power, importance, or the like. 3. (n.) One who stands in order or rank below another; -- distinguished from a principal. 4. (v. t.) To place in a lower order or class; to make or consider as of less value or importance; as, to subordinate one creature to another. 5. (v. t.) To make subject; to subject or subdue; as, to subordinate the passions to reason.

Multi-Version Concordance Subordinate (2 Occurrences) 1 Corinthians 14:34 Let married women be silent in the Churches, for they are not permitted to speak. They must be content with a subordinate place, as the Law also says; (WEY RSV) Nehemiah 13:13 And I made storekeepers over the storehouses: Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah; and subordinate to them, Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were esteemed faithful, and their office was to distribute to their brethren. (DBY)