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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

obligatorius

: cf. F.

obligatoire

Binding in law or conscience; imposing duty or obligation; requiring performance or forbearance of some act; – often followed by on or upon;

as, obedience is

obligatory

on a soldier

As long as the law is

obligatory

, so long our obedience is due.

Jer. Taylor.

Adj.

Binding in law or conscience; imposing duty; requiring performance or forbearance of some act; followed by on; to is obsolete.

As long as law is obligatory, so long our obedience is due.