Citations:obœdient

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English citations of obœdient

archaic spelling of obedience[edit]

  • 1562–3, Ninian Winzet, Vincent of Lérins, Certane tractatis for reformatioun of doctryne and maneris in Scotland, reprinted 1835 C.E., page 93:
    The faythfull Sones of ye haly catholik Kirk in Scotland, of ye inferiour ordour of clergy and laytmen, humill ſubditis to yare Souerane Lady Marie, and obœdient to yare lauchful Biſchopes and Paſtouris, depoſit of yare offices, incarcerat, exilit, or violentlie eiectit fra yair iuſt poſſeſſionis and native citeis, for nocht aſſenting to ye prætendit reformatioun at yis præſent in religioun, to lohne Knox and his complices prætending and allegeing yame to haif ye lauchful auctoritie and ordinatioun of trew Biſchopes, and wtheris Paſtouris of ye Kirk within ye ſaid Realme wiſſhis helth, and illuminatioun of ye haly gaiſt.