- Adherence to orders - Dutifulness - Submission - The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient;
compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to
rightful restraint or control. - Words or actions denoting submission to authority;
dutifulness. - A following; a body of adherents; as, the Roman Catholic
obedience, or the whole body of persons who submit to the authority of
the pope. - A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a
prior.
- The act of subscribing. - That which is subscribed. - A paper to which a signature is attached. - The signature attached to a paper. - Consent or attestation by underwriting the name. - Sum subscribed; amount of sums subscribed; as, an
individual subscription to a fund. - The acceptance of articles, or other tests tending to
promote uniformity; esp. (Ch. of Eng.), formal assent to the
Thirty-nine Articles and the Book of Common Prayer, required before
ordination.