obedience /ō-bēˈdyəns, -di-əns/

1. The act or practice of doing what one is told
2. The state of being obedient
3. Willingness to obey commands
4. Dutifulness
5. The collective body of people subject to any particular authority
6. A written instruction from the superior of an order to subordinate members
7. Any official position under an abbot's jurisdiction
8. An obeisance (archaic)

obēˈdient adjective

1. Obeying
2. Ready to obey

obediential /ō-bē-di-enˈshl/ adjective

Relating to or of the nature of obedience

obēdientiary /-enˈshə-ri/ noun

1. Someone subject to obedience
2. A person charged with an obedience in a monastery

obēˈdiently adverb

canonical obedience

The obedience, as regulated by the canons, of an ecclesiastic to another of higher rank

passive obedience

Unresisting and unquestioning obedience to authority, like that taught by some Anglican divines as due even to faithless and worthless monarchs

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