McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Obsequium

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Obsequium

Subjects in this Topic:

Obotrites, Conversion Of The
Obrecht, Ulrich
Obregon, Bernard
Obregon, Pedro de
Obrien, James Thomas, D.D.
Obscene Prints, Books, Or Pictures
Obscurantists
Obsequens
Obsequies
Obsequium
Observantists
Observer of Times
Obsignatio
Ocampo, Florian D
Occam (Or Ockham), Nicholas Of
Occam, William of
Occasionalism
Occom, Sam(p)son
Oceanica

(Lat. obedience) is the unconditional surrender of one's will to another's authority, as demanded of monks and nuns by their monastic vows. SEE OBEDIENCE. Also the name of the prison in which those who overstep their vows are put; also the office for the departed, and sometimes also the solemn funeral service. SEE BURIAL.