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obediential, a. (n.)|əʊbiːdɪˈɛnʃəl|
[ad. med.L. obēdientiāl-is, f. obēdientia obedience: see -al1 2; cf. F. obédientiel (1636 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
1. Of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by obedience. (Common in 17th c., chiefly Theol.; now rare or Obs. in gen. sense.)
1619Sanderson Serm. (1657) 15 Which..distinction of Doctrinall and Obedientiall Necessity..is..sufficient to clear all doubts in this point. 1645Rutherford Tryal & Tri. Faith xxv. (1845) 371 Every being..hath a power obediential to hear what God saith, and do it. a1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. i. i. 38 There is no Power in the World but owes..an obediential subjection to the Lord of Nature. 1755S. Walker Serm. i, An obedential Spirit..is the only Qualification for happiness in us. 1825Culbertson Lect. Revel. vi. 77 The obediential sufferings and death of Christ.
2. Sc. Law. (See quots.).
1693Stair Institutes i. iii. §3 (ed. 2) 20 Obediential Obligations are these, which are put upon men by the will of God, not by their own will, and so are most Natural, as introduced by the Law of Nature. 1773Erskine Inst. Law Scot. iii. i. §9. 414 These are called by Lord Stair obediential or natural obligations, in opposition to conventional. 1832Austin Jurispr. (1879) II. 945.
†B. n. (See quot.) Obs. rare—0.
1674Blount Glossogr. (ed. 4), Obedientials, those that execute an Office under Superiours, and with obedience to their commands.
Hence obediˈentially adv., in the way of obedience; obediˈentialness, a relation of obedience.
1640Gauden The Love, etc. (1641) 12 No men or minds are more obedientially disposed to an heroick patience. 1651J. F[reake] Agrippa's Occ. Philos. 28 Which obedientialness..is such as our bodies to our souls. a1708Beveridge Thes. Theol. (1710) II. 275 To do..works of charity to the poor, obedientially to God's command. |