obedience 音标拼音: [ob'idiəns]
n . 服从,顺从,忠实
服从,顺从,忠实
obedience n 1 :
the act of obeying ;
dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person [
synonym : {
obedience }, {
obeisance }]
[
ant : {
disobedience }, {
noncompliance }]
2 :
the trait of being willing to obey [
ant : {
disobedience }]
3 :
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 : {
obedience },
{
respect }]
Obedience \
O *
be "
di *
ence \,
n . [
F .
ob ['
e ]
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 .
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Government must compel the obedience of individuals .
--
Ames .
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2 .
Words or actions denoting submission to authority ;
dutifulness . --
Shak .
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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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{
Canonical obedience }.
See under {
Canonical }.
{
Passive obedience }.
See under {
Passive }.
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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 .
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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 .
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{
Alien priory },
a small religious house dependent on a large monastery in some other country .
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Syn :
See {
Cloister }.
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68 Moby Thesaurus words for "
obedience ":
Quakerism ,
acceptance ,
accommodation ,
accord ,
accordance ,
acquiescence ,
adaptability ,
adaptation ,
adaption ,
adjustment ,
agreeability ,
agreeableness ,
agreement ,
amenability ,
assent ,
complaisance ,
compliance ,
conformance ,
conformation other -
direction ,
conformity ,
congruity ,
consent ,
consistency ,
conventionality ,
correspondence ,
deference ,
docility ,
dutifulness ,
flexibility ,
harmony ,
homage ,
humbleness ,
humility ,
keeping ,
kneeling ,
line ,
malleability ,
meekness ,
nonopposal ,
nonopposition ,
nonresistance ,
nonviolent resistance ,
obeisance ,
observance ,
orthodoxy ,
passive resistance ,
passiveness ,
passivity ,
pliancy ,
quietism ,
reconcilement ,
reconciliation ,
resignation ,
resignedness ,
respect ,
respectfulness ,
strictness ,
subjection ,
submission ,
submissiveness ,
submittal ,
subservience ,
supineness ,
tractability ,
traditionalism ,
uncomplainingness ,
uniformity ,
yielding
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