substatute

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ statute.

Noun

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.