sub-superstition
English
editEtymology
editFrom sub- + superstition.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsub-superstition (plural sub-superstitions)
- (rare) A minor or secondary superstition.
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 32:
- A plethora of sub-superstitions thus accumulated around the sacrament of the altar.