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DEMOTION, the act of demoting (to lower in rank)
- demotionsDEMOTION, the act of demoting (to lower in rank)
- demotionthe act of demoting (to lower in rank)
- humblingthe act of abasing (to lower in rank, prestige, or esteem)
- humblingsHUMBLING, the act of abasing (to lower in rank, prestige, or esteem)
- saltcontainer for salt at table often used in the phrases above the salt and below the salt alluding to the former custom of seating persons of higher rank above and those of lower rank below a saltcellar placed in the middle of a long table
- saltscontainer for salt at table often used in the phrases above the salt and below the salt alluding to the former custom of seating persons of higher rank above and those of lower rank below a saltcellar placed in the middle of a long table
- morganaticof or pertaining to a form of marriage in which a person of high rank, as a member of the nobility, marries someone of lower station with the stipulation that neither the low-ranking spouse nor their children, if any, will have any claim to the titles or
- subordinationthe act of subordinating or placing in a lower order
- subordinationsSUBORDINATION, the act of subordinating or placing in a lower order