† obedientnessn.
Obsolete. rare.
The quality of being obedient; obedience.
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1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxx. 5) With how redy obedientness he submitted his backe to Gods rod.
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie iii. 13 A true tryal of their obedientnesse.
1866 W. M. Blackburn Benefit of Christ's Death 56 The Holy Ghost moveth us..unto lowliness, meekness, obedientness unto God, lovingness, and other perfections.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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