superstructive, a. (n.) Now rare.
(s(j)uːpəˈstrʌktɪv)
[f. L. superstruct-: see superstruct and -ive.]
Belonging to the superstructure; = superstructural: opposed to fundamental.
| 1642 Fuller Answ. to Dr. Ferne 8 If it bee written it is superstructive and not fundamentall; written Laws, that were not Lawes before written, are repealeable and alterable. 1654 Hammond Fundamentals xvii. Wks. 1674 I. 319 Nothing but the removing his Fundamental error can rescue him from the superstructive. 1903 R. Bridges Poems Classical Prosody Ep. i. 228 Laying foundation of its knowledge in physical law,..erecting Superstructive of all..a new Science of Man. |
† B. n. Something belonging to or constituting the superstructure. Obs.
| 1625 Mountagu App. Cæsar 120, I divided also the objects of erring or not erring, two wayes: into Fundamentalls, or superstructives. 1644 Hunton Vind. Treat. Monarchy v. 37 The Common Lawes, which are..the basis and foundation of this Government, the Statute Lawes being but after superstructives. |
So superˈstructor, one who builds a superstructure; superˈstructory a., = next.
| 1650 R. Hollingworth Exerc. Usurped Powers 16 You subvert all setled Laws, whether fundamentall or superstructory. 1652 R. Robinson Christ all xxii. (1656) 424 A house whose corners are laid with precious stones, and whose Superstructory stones are all lively stones. a 1734 North Exam. i. iii. (1740) 193 Was Oates's Narrative a Foundation or a Superstructure, or was he one of the Superstructors or not? |