obédience

See also: obedience

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oboedientia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.be.djɑ̃s/

Noun

obédience f (plural obédiences)

1. persuasion; allegiance
2. (religion, literary) obedience
3. (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.