Sub"script (?), a. [L. subscriptus, p. p. See Subscribe.] Written below
or underneath; as, iota subscript. (See under Iota.) Specifically
(Math.), said of marks, figures, or letters (suffixes), written below
and usually to the right of other letters to distinguish them; as, a,
n, 2, in the symbols Xa, An, Y2. See Suffix, n., 2, and Subindex.
Sub"script, n. Anything written below. Bentley.
Sub*scrip"tion (?), n. [L. subscriptio: cf. F. souscription.] 1. The
act of subscribing.
2. That which is subscribed. Specifically: (a) A paper to which a
signature is attached. (b) The signature attached to a paper. (c)
Consent or attestation by underwriting the name. (d) Sum subscribed;
amount of sums subscribed; as, an individual subscription to a fund.
3. (Eccl.) The acceptance of articles, or other tests tending to
promote uniformity; esp. (Ch. of Eng.), formal assent to the
Thirty-nine Articles and the Book of Common Prayer, required before
ordination.