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oboedience

oboedience is the obsolete spelling of obedience.

Meaning of obedience

Noun

obedience (countable and uncountable, plural obediences)

  1. The quality of being obedient.
    • Obedience is essential in any army.
  2. The collective body of persons subject to any particular authority.
  3. A written instruction from the superior of an order to those under him.
  4. Any official position under an abbot's jurisdiction.

Questions about oboedience

What is oboedience the obsolete spelling of?
Oboedience is the obsolete spelling of obedience.

Words near oboedience in the dictionary

  1. oboe d'amore
  2. oboe d'amores
  3. oboe di caccia
  4. oboe-player
  5. oboe-players
  6. oboedience
  7. oboeist
  8. oboeists
  9. oboelike
  10. oboes
  11. oboes d'amore

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oboedience (page history and authors); obedience (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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