Definition of enjoin

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Enjoin (v. t.) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge..

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Dispensation :: Dispensation (n.) The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; specifically, in the Roman Catholic Church, exemption from some ecclesiastical law or obligation to God which a man has incurred of his own free will (oaths, vows, etc.)..
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) An extra exercise enjoined on students as a punishment.
Sacrament :: Sacrament (n.) One of the solemn religious ordinances enjoined by Christ, the head of the Christian church, to be observed by his followers; hence, specifically, the eucharist; the Lord's Supper..
Impose :: Impose (v. t.) To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation, command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict; as, to impose a toll or tribute..
Dispensation :: Dispensation (n.) That which is dispensed, dealt out, or appointed; that which is enjoined or bestowed.
Enjoinment :: Enjoinment (n.) Direction; command; authoritative admonition.
Directory :: Directory (a.) Containing directions; enjoining; instructing; directorial.
Enjoin :: Enjoin (v. t.) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge..
Sabbath :: Sabbath (n.) A season or day of rest; one day in seven appointed for rest or worship, the observance of which was enjoined upon the Jews in the Decalogue, and has been continued by the Christian church with a transference of the day observed from the last to the first day of the week, which is called also Lord's Day..
Enjoin :: Enjoin (v. t.) To join or unite.
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) To lay on or impose, as a task, duty, or trust; to command, instruct, or exhort with authority; to enjoin; to urge earnestly; as, to charge a jury; to charge the clergy of a diocese; to charge an agent..
Enjoin :: Enjoin (v. t.) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
Imposing :: Imposing (a.) Laying as a duty; enjoining.
Penitencer :: Penitencer (n.) A priest who heard confession and enjoined penance in extraordinary cases.
Bluebeard :: Bluebeard (n.) The hero of a mediaeval French nursery legend, who, leaving home, enjoined his young wife not to open a certain room in his castle. She entered it, and found the murdered bodies of his former wives. -- Also used adjectively of a subject which it is forbidden to investigate..
Cite :: Cite (v. t.) To urge; to enjoin.
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like..
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax..
Compulsory :: Compulsory (a.) Obligatory; enjoined by authority; necessary; due to compulsion.
Injunction :: Injunction (n.) The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting..
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