Meaning of OBEDIENCE in English

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Meaning of OBEDIENCE in English

• The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control.
• Words or actions denoting submission to authority; dutifulness.
• A following; a body of adherents; as, the Roman Catholic obedience, or the whole body of persons who submit to the authority of the pope.
• A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a prior.
• One of the three monastic vows.
• The written precept of a superior in a religious order or congregation to a subject.

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