obédience

== French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin oboedientia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔ.be.djɑ̃s/ === Noun === obédience f (plural obédiences) persuasion; allegiance (religion, literary) obedience (Freemasonry) the set of lodges and freemasons under a single Grand Orient or Grand Lodge ; its jurisdiction. === Further reading === “obédience”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012