obédience, n.f., (theol.) permission to leave one convent for another; functions (in a convent); jurisdiction (of the pope); (Bibl.) obedience.
obédiencier, n.m., priest doing duty in another’s benefice, obedienciary.
obédientiel, -le (-ci-èl), adj., (ecc.) pertaining, relating to obedience; (Bibl.) obediential.
obéir, v.n., to obey, to comply with, to be obedient; to bend, to yield, to give way, to submit. Pour — à; in obedience to. Il faut lui —; he must be obeyed. Se faire —; to make one’s self obeyed.
obéissance, n.f., obedience, allegiance; dominion (of princes). Prêter — à un prince; to yield dominion to a prince. Être sous l’— de père et mère; to be under the legal authority of parents. Être d’une grande —; to be very obedient.
obéissant, -e, adj., obedient, docile, dutiful, submissive; pliant, obsequious.
obélisque, n.m., obelisk.
obérer, v.a., to encumber, to run into debt. C’est un homme fort obéré; he is greatly in debt.
s’obérer, v.r., to involve one’s self in debt, to become involved.
obèse, adj., obese, corpulent.