obédience
French, noun/ɔ.be.djɑ̃s/
obédience is spelled O-B-É-D-I-E-N-C-E (9 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 31,386th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obédience is a French feminine noun meaning “persuasion; allegiance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Obéissance”.
What does obédience mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepersuasion; allegiance
- 2
feminineobedience
- 3
femininethe set of lodges and freemasons under a single Grand Orient or Grand Lodge ; its jurisdiction.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Obéissance. 2. Ordre ou permission par écrit qu’un supérieur donne à un religieux ou à une religieuse pour aller en quelque endroit ou pour passer d’un couvent à un autre. 3. Emploi particulier qu’un religieux ou une religieuse a dans son couvent. 4. Maison religieuse qui dépend d’une maison principale.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of obédience
- obédiences plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obédience?
- /ɔ.be.djɑ̃s/
- \ɔ.be.djɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is obédience in French?
obédience appears 1.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).