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  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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  Obedience \O*be"di*ence\, n. [F. ob['e]dience, L. obedientia,
     Obedient,+and+cf.{Obeisance" rel="nofollow">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.

  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.

  obedience
       n 1: the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with
            respect to another person [syn: obeisance] [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]

  obedience
     Αγγλικά n.
     η υπακοή

  obedience
     Old French n.
     1 #English
     2 authority; influence; power

  obedience
     n.
     1 The quality of being obedient.
     2 The collective body of persons subject to any particular authority.
     3 A written instruction from the superior of an order to those under
  him.
     4 Any official position under an abbot's jurisdiction.

  obedience
     Old French n.
     1 #English
     2 authority; influence; power

  obedience
     Old French n.
     1 #English
     2 authority; influence; power

  obedience
     Englanti n.
     kuuliaisuus

  obedience
     Engelska n.
     lydnad

  Obedience /əʊbˈiːdiəns/
  الطاعة

  obedience //ə(ʊ)ˈbiːdɪəns// 
  подчине́ние, поко́рство
  quality of being obedient

  obedience /əʊbˈiːdiəns/ 
  poslušnost

  obedience /əʊbˈiːdiəns/ 
  podřízenost

  obedience /əʊbˈiːdiəns/ 
  věřící (příslušník církve)
  

  obedience /əʊbˈiːdiəns/
  Folgsamkeit 

  obedience /əʊbˈiːdiəns/
  Gehorsam 
        "I insist on obedience."  - Ich verlange Gehorsam.
   see: anticipatory obedience
  

  obedience //ə(ʊ)ˈbiːdɪəns// 
  kuuliaisuus, tottelevaisuus
  quality of being obedient

  obedience /əʊbˈiːdiəns/
  pokornost, poslušnost

  obedience /əʊbˈiːdiəns/
  1. engedelmesség
  2. szófogadás

  obedience //ə(ʊ)ˈbiːdɪəns// 
  kepatuhan
  quality of being obedient

  obedience //ə(ʊ)ˈbiːdɪəns// 
  恭順, 服従, 順守
  quality of being obedient

  obedience /ə'bi:dıəns/ 
  paklusimas, (pa)klusnumas, nuolankumas

  obedience /əʊbˈiːdiəns/ 
  obediência

  obedience //ə(ʊ)ˈbiːdɪəns// 
  lydnad
  quality of being obedient

  obedience /əʊbˈiːdiəns/
  1. itaat, itaat etme, söz dinleme, boyun eğme.

  
/oʊˈbidiəns/

  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
  
  

  n. 服从,顺从,忠实;

     n. 服从,顺从,忠实