biddenadj.
/ˈbɪd(ə)n/ Invited; commanded, ordered.
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society > leisure > social event > hospitality > guest > [adjective] > invited
bidden1614
society > authority > command > command or bidding > [adjective] > commanded or bidden
instructed1787
bidden1837
1614 Bp. J. King Vitis Palatina 12 And Christ must bee a bidden guest.
1638 J. Milton Lycidas in Obsequies 23 in Justa Edouardo King The worthy bidden guest.
1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. v. 890 On the bright Axle turns the bidden Wheel, Of sounding Brass.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. i. i. 4 Where Force is not yet distinguished into Bidden and Forbidden.
1875 J. H. Nodal & G. Milner Gloss. Lancs. Dial.: Pt. I 38 Bidden-wedding (N. Lanc.), a wedding to which it was formerly the custom in North Lanc. to invite the whole country-side.
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