obedience
21obedience — The verb ‘to obey’ translates the Hebrew ‘to hear’ (as Isa. 42:24), or ‘to observe’ the commandments (Exod. 16:28). Disobedience is punished; Moses failure to maintain God s holiness among the Israelites deprived him of his greatest wish to enter …
22obedience — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Submission to authority Nouns 1. obedience, compliance; submission, nonresistance; malleability, tractability, ductility; acquiescence, observance; obsequiousness, servility. See subjection. 2.… …
23obedience — 1. (virtue) This word (from the Latin oboedire, meaning to pay attention or to hear ) basically means voluntary submission to authority. Obedience is used in different contexts: (1) Christ s obedience to God the Father in accepting thecross …
24obedience — o|be|di|ence [ ou bidiəns ] noun uncount the practice of doing what someone tells you to do, or of obeying a law or rule: The school demands total obedience from its pupils. obedience to: Obedience to the order was one of the monastery rules …
25obedience — noun (U) obedient behaviour; doing what you are told to do by your parents etc (+ to): obedience to her father s wishes | demand obedience: a master who demanded absolute obedience from his servants …
26obedience — UK [əˈbiːdɪəns] / US [oʊˈbɪdɪəns] noun [uncountable] the practice of doing what someone tells you to do, or of obeying a law or rule obedience to: Obedience to the order was one of the monastery rules. The school demands total obedience from its… …
27obedience — /əˈbidiəns/ (say uh beedeeuhns) noun 1. the state or fact of being obedient. 2. (sometimes followed by to) the act or practice of obeying; dutiful or submissive compliance. 3. a sphere of authority, or a body of persons, etc., subject to some… …
28obedience — n. 1 obeying as an act or practice or quality. 2 submission to another s rule or authority. 3 compliance with a law or command. 4 Eccl. a compliance with a monastic rule. b a sphere of authority (the Roman obedience). Phrases and idioms: in… …
29obedience — Priory Pri o*ry, n.; pl. {Priories}. [Cf. LL. prioria. See {Prior}, n.] A religious house presided over by a prior or prioress; sometimes an offshoot of, an subordinate to, an abbey, and called also {cell}, and {obedience}. See {Cell}, 2. [1913… …
30obedience — /oh bee dee euhns/, n. 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.… …
