substatute

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English

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Etymology

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From sub- +‎ statute.

Noun

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substatute (plural substatutes)

  1. A secondary or lesser statute.
    • 2008 June 23, Susan Dominus, “Uniting Neighbors, in Fun and Sorrow”, in New York Times[1]:
      But those were substatutes of Ms. Hyams’s code for apartment life, which mostly celebrated and mandated intrabuilding socializing. Ms. Hyams, the doting owner of a gray poodle (“she wore it like a brooch,” said one neighbor), organized pet play dates on her floor.