† commandednessn.
Obsolete. rare.
Commanded quality; obligatoriness.
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society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [noun] > quality of being compulsory
commandednessa1600
compulsoriness1861
a1600 H. Hammond Wks. II. 195 (R.) The commandedness of the other offerings.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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n.a1600- to my right
- to my seeming
- to my supposing
- to my thinking
- to my way of thinking
- to nab rust
- to nab the rust
- to nail a charge
- to nail a etc
- to nail a etc to the counter
- to nail a fact to the counter
- to nail a information to the counter
- to nail a lie
- to nail a person to the cross
- to nail a person to the mast
- to nail a person's hide
- to nail a person's hide to the wall
- to nail a rattler
- to nail down
- to nail it
- to nail one's colours to the mast
- to nail one's colours to the masthead
- to nail one's flag to the mast
- to nail one's flag to the masthead
- to nail to the barn door