Meaning Of Obedience

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

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Words or actions denoting submission to authority; dutifulness.

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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.

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A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a prior.

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One of the three monastic vows.

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The written precept of a superior in a religious order or congregation to a subject.