Crossword-Solution: OBEDIENCE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Obedience | n. | The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control. |
| Obedience | n. | Words or actions denoting submission to authority; dutifulness. |
| Obedience | n. | 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. |
| Obedience | n. | A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a prior. |
| Obedience | n. | One of the three monastic vows. |
| Obedience | n. | The written precept of a superior in a religious order or congregation to a subject. |
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Sentences with OBEDIENCE (5)
Not free, what proof could they have givn sincere Of true allegiance, constant Faith or Love, Where onely what they needs must do, appeard, Not what they would? what praise could they receive? What pleasure I from such obedience paid, When Will and Reason (Reason also is choice) Useless and vain, of freedom both despoild, Made passive both, had servd necessitie, Not mee.
Pearl, in utter scorn of her mother’s attempt to quiet her, gave an eldritch scream, and then became silent, not from any notion of obedience, but because the quick and mobile curiosity of her disposition was excited by the appearance of those new personages.
Not so much in obedience, as in surprise and fear: for on the raising of the hand, he became sensible of confused noises in the air; incoherent sounds of lamentation and regret; wailings inexpressibly sorrowful and self-accusatory.
All nations now to Rome obedience pay— 80 To Rome’s great Emperor, whose wide domain, In ample territory, wealth and power, Civility of manners, arts and arms, And long renown, thou justly may’st prefer Before the Parthian.
Little Suzanne caught that look; the child’s sweet nature went out to the beautiful woman, scarce older than herself; filial obedience vanished before girlish sympathy; at the door she turned, ran back to Marguerite, and putting her arms round her, kissed her effusively; then only did she follow her mother, Sally bringing up the rear, with a pleasant smile on her dimpled face, and with a final curtsey to my lady.
Quotes with OBEDIENCE (3)
Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules.
Real success in the kingdom of God is not about being strong and looking good and knowing all the right answers. It's about continually yielding oneself to Jesus and determining to take purposeful little steps of obedience, and the ragged reality that it's all about God and His grace at work in us.
The distance between your knowledge of truth and your obedience is called lack of integrity. And the amount of negative behavior--or lack of integrity--a person exhibits is directly proportional to their amount of pain." - Tara Leigh's therapist (p.118)
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NYT, Universal, WSJ.
Used 15 times in crossword archives (1952–2022).