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obedience

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o⋅be⋅di⋅ence

  [oh-bee-dee-uhns]
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–noun
1. the state or quality of being obedient.
2. the act or practice of obeying; dutiful or submissive compliance: Military service demands obedience from its members.
3. a sphere of authority or jurisdiction, esp. ecclesiastical.
4. Chiefly Ecclesiastical.
a. conformity to a monastic rule or the authority of a religious superior, esp. on the part of one who has vowed such conformance.
b. the rule or authority that exacts such conformance.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME < OF < L oboedientia. See obedient, -ence

Synonyms:
2. submission, subservience, deference.
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o·be·di·ence   (ō-bē'dē-əns)   
n.  

    1. The quality or condition of being obedient.

    2. The act of obeying.

    3. A sphere of ecclesiastical authority.

    4. A group of people under such authority.

    1. A sphere of ecclesiastical authority.

    2. A group of people under such authority.

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