obstrictionとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

obstriction (countable and uncountable, plural obstrictions)

1. The state of being constrained, bound, obliged, or obligated.
2. That which constrains or obliges; obligation; bond.
   • 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 25, lines 311–314:

     Who made our Laws to bind us, not himſelf, / And hath full right to exempt / Who ſo it pleaſes him by choice / From National obſtriction, without taint / of ſin, or legal debt;

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参照

• “obstriction”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.