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enjoinment

enjoinment noun: a command, decree or ruling from an authority.

Noun

enjoinment (plural enjoinments)

  1. (archaic) A command, decree or ruling from an authority.
    • Herein exact and critical trial should be made by public enjoinment, whereby determination might be settled beyond debate1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Forms of enjoinment

pluralenjoinments

Origin of enjoinment

From enjoin + -ment.

Questions about enjoinment

What does enjoinment mean?
Enjoinment means a command, decree or ruling from an authority.
What part of speech is enjoinment?
Enjoinment is a noun.
What is the plural of enjoinment?
The plural of enjoinment is enjoinments.

Words near enjoinment in the dictionary

  1. enjoiner
  2. enjoiners
  3. enjoinest
  4. enjoineth
  5. enjoining
  6. enjoinment
  7. enjoinments
  8. enjoins
  9. enjoy
  10. enjoy oneself
  11. enjoy your meal

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