obédience

See also: obedience

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oboedientia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ.be.djɑ̃s/

Noun

obédience f (plural obédiences)

persuasion; allegiance
(religion, literary) obedience
(Freemasonry) the set of lodges and freemasons under a single Grand Orient or Grand Lodge ; its jurisdiction.

Further reading

“obédience”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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