- the state or quality of being obedient.
- the act or practice of obeying; dutiful or submissive compliance: Military service demands obedience from its members.
- a sphere of authority or jurisdiction, especially ecclesiastical.
- Chiefly Ecclesiastical.
- conformity to a monastic rule or the authority of a religious superior, especially on the part of one who has vowed such conformance.
- the rule or authority that exacts such conformance.
- the condition or quality of being obedient
- the act or an instance of obeying; dutiful or submissive behaviour
- the authority vested in a Church or similar body
- the collective group of persons submitting to this authority
