obediential

English

Etymology

Compare French obédientiel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əʊˌbiːdiˈɛnʃəl/

Adjective

obediential (comparative more obediential, superlative most obediential)

1. (obsolete) According to the rule of obedience.
   • a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC:

     an obediential subjection to the Lord of Nature

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “obediential”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)