sub-superstition

noun

sub-superstition

noun

UK /ˈsʌbsuːpəˌstɪʃn̩/

Etymology From sub- + superstition.

1

Rare A minor or secondary superstition.

A plethora of sub-superstitions thus accumulated around the sacrament of the altar.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 32:

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