v. [ad. L. subintrōdūcĕre: see SUB- 24 and INTRODUCE.] trans. To introduce in a secret or subtle manner. Chiefly in ppl. a.
In quot. 1886 with reference to the mulieres subintroductæ (Gr. συνείσακτοι), called also extraneæ, whom clerics were forbidden by the canons of various councils to have in their houses.
1664. Jer. Taylor, Dissuas. Popery, i. § 6 (1688), 44. To say that the first practise and institution is necessary to be followed, is called Heretical: to refuse the later subintroduc’d custom incurrs the sentence of Excommunication.
1844. Gladstone, Glean. (1879), III. 16. The mode, in which the expression of it is subintroduced, seems to denote a repression of his own full meaning.
1886. Conder, Syrian Stone-Lore, viii. (1896), 278. The practice of allowing ‘subintroduced sisters’ to live in the houses of the celibates.
So † Subintroduct v. in same sense; † Subintroduction, surreptitious introduction.
1620. Bp. Hall, Hon. Marr. Clergie, II. iv. The Canon alledged against the subintroduction of (Mulieres extraneæ) strange Women into the houses of Clergy-men.
a. 1641. Bp. Mountagu, Acts & Mon. (1642), 11. The onely true God,… no supposed,… subintroducted God or Gods.
