obedience : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: obedience	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for obedience
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obedience n the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person Synonym(s): obedience, obeisance Antonym(s): disobedience, noncompliance the trait of being willing to obey Antonym(s): disobedience behavior intended to please your parents; "their children were never very strong on obedience"; "he went to law school out of respect for his father's wishes" Synonym(s): obedience, respect
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obedience \Obe"dience\, n. [F. ob[82]dience, 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. {Canonical obedience}. See under {Canonical}. {Passive obedience}. See under {Passive}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. Note: Of such houses there were two sorts: one where the prior was chosen by the inmates, and governed as independently as an abbot in an abbey; the other where the priory was subordinate to an abbey, and the prior was placed or displaced at the will of the abbot. {Alien priory}, a small religious house dependent on a large monastery in some other country. Syn: See {Cloister}.