n.1 obeying as an act or practice or quality.
2 submission to another's rule or authority.
3 compliance with a law or command.
4 Eccl. a compliance with a monastic rule. b a sphere of authority (the Roman obedience).
Phrases and idioms:
in obedience to actuated by or in accordance with.
Etymology: ME f. OF f. L obedientia (as OBEY)