a. Obs. nonce-wd. [f. SUPER- II + ORDINANCE + -ED2 (the suffix being irregularly used).] That is or professes to be above, i.e., not subject to, ordinances (see ORDINANCE 8). So † Superordinancer, † Superordinancing ppl. a.
1656. S. Winter, Serm., 171. Our superordinanc’d men that are above ordinances but below pietie.
a. 1665. J. Goodwin, Being filled with the Spirit (1867), 348. Men who suffer themselves to be led by this superordinancing spirit. Ibid., 359. The reason … by which the seekers or super-ordinancers do make attempt to justify their … giving over the ministry of the gospel.
