Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for O-BE'DI-ENT
O-BE'DI-ENT, a. [L. obediens.]
Submissive to authority; yielding compliance with commands, orders or injunctions; performing what is required, or abstaining from what is forbid. The chief his orders gives; the obedient band, / With due observance, wait the chief's command. Pope.
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