Relegate v. t. (past & past part. relegated; pres. part. relegating) To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish. "It (the Latin language) was relegated into the study of the scholar."
... would have left no room for the doctrine of state rights, or its corollary—the power of a state to nullify a Federal law. It would have settled the question of Federal supremacy beyond the possibility of controversy by relegating the states to a strictly subordinate place in our political system. But inasmuch as the Constitution contained no provision of this character it left the states in a position to defend their claim to coordinate ... — The Spirit of American Government - A Study Of The Constitution: Its Origin, Influence And - Relation To Democracy • J. Allen Smith
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