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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
obedience
n 1: dutiful or submissive behavior [ant: {disobedience}]
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" [syn: {respect}]
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