Laws are subordinate to custom.
... a meddler who cannot leave his subordinates alone is a hands on executive.
In Egypt, the living were subordinate to the dead.
The reason I always insisted on signing my work was not to be subordinate to anyone.
There is no occasion for women to consider themselves subordinate or inferior to man
No, General. I'm not your subordinate. And what I'm coming dangerously close to is violence. -General Wedge Antilles