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 The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:
      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.
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