ˌsubintroˈduce, v.
[ad. L. subintrōdūcĕre: see sub- 25 and introduce.]
trans. To introduce in a secret or subtle manner. Chiefly in ppl. a.
In quot. 1886 with reference to the mulieres subintroductæ (Gr. συνείσακτοι), called also extraneæ, whom clerics were forbidden by the canons of various councils to have in their houses.
| 1664 Jer. Taylor Dissuas. Popery i. §6 (1688) 44 To say that the first practise and institution is necessary to be followed, is called Heretical: to refuse the later subintroduc'd custom incurrs the sentence of Excommunication. 1844 Gladstone Glean. (1879) III. 16 The mode, in which the expression of it is subintroduced, seems to denote a repression of his own full meaning. 1886 Conder Syrian Stone-Lore viii. (1896) 278 The practice of allowing ‘sub⁓introduced sisters’ to live in the houses of the celibates. |
So † ˌsubintroˈduct v. in same sense; † ˌsubintroˈduction, surreptitious introduction.
| 1620 Bp. Hall Hon. Marr. Clergie ii. iv, The Canon alledged against the subintroduction of (Mulieres extraneæ) strange Women into the houses of Clergy-men. a 1641 Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. (1642) 11 The onely true God,..no supposed,..subintroducted God or Gods. |