Canonical obedience. See under Canonical. — Passive obedience. See under Passive.

Obedienciary
(O*be`di*en"ci*a*ry) n. One yielding obedience. [Obs.] Foxe.

Obedient
(O*be"di*ent) a. [OF. obedient, L. obediens, oboediens, -entis. p. pr. of obedire, oboedire, to obey. See Obey.] Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command.

And floating straight, obedient to the stream.
Shak.

The chief his orders gives; the obedient band,
With due observance, wait the chief's command.
Pope.

Syn. — Dutiful; respectful; compliant; submissive.

Obediential
(O*be`di*en"tial) a. [Cf. F. obédientiel.] According to the rule of obedience. [R.]

An obediental subjection to the Lord of Nature.
Sir M. Hale.

Obediently
(O*be"di*ent*ly) adv. In an obedient manner; with obedience.

Obeisance
(O*bei"sance) n. [F. obéissance obedience, fr. obéissant. See Obey, and cf. Obedience, Abaisance.]

1. Obedience. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Obduration to Objective

Obduration
(Ob"du*ra"tion) n. [L. obduratio.] A hardening of the heart; hardness of heart. [Obs.]

Obdure
(Ob*dure") v. t. To harden. [Obs.] Milton.

Obdure
(Ob*dure" Ob*dured") a. Obdurate; hard. [Obs.]

This saw his hapless foes, but stood obdured.
Milton.

Obdureness
(Ob*dure"ness), n., Obduredness
(Ob*dur"ed*ness) n. Hardness. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Obe
(Ob"e) n. See Obi.

Obeah
(O*be"ah) n. Same as Obi. — a. Of or pertaining to obi; as, the obeah man. B. Edwards.

Obedible
(O*be"di*ble) a. Obedient. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Obedience
(O*be"di*ence) n. [F. obédience, L. obedientia, oboedientia. See Obedient, and cf. Obeisance.]

1. The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control.

Government must compel the obedience of individuals.
Ames.

2. Words or actions denoting submission to authority; dutifulness. Shak.

3. (Eccl.) (a) 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. (b) A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a prior. (c) One of the three monastic vows. Shipley. (d) The written precept of a superior in a religious order or congregation to a subject.


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