Definition of enjoin

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Enjoin (v. t.) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.

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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..
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..
Penitencer :: Penitencer (n.) A priest who heard confession and enjoined penance in extraordinary cases.
Religion :: Religion (n.) Strictness of fidelity in conforming to any practice, as if it were an enjoined rule of conduct..
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..
Enjoin :: Enjoin (v. t.) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
Compulsory :: Compulsory (a.) Obligatory; enjoined by authority; necessary; due to compulsion.
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax..
Bid :: Bid (v. t.) To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command.
Enjoin :: Enjoin (v. t.) To join or unite.
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) An extra exercise enjoined on students as a punishment.
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like..
Report :: Report (v. i.) To make a report, or response, in respect of a matter inquired of, a duty enjoined, or information expected; as, the committee will report at twelve o'clock..
Will :: Will (n.) To enjoin or command, as that which is determined by an act of volition; to direct; to order..
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..
Cite :: Cite (v. t.) To urge; to enjoin.
Injunction :: Injunction (n.) That which is enjoined; an order; a mandate; a decree; a command; a precept; a direction.
Enjoining :: Enjoining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enjoi.
Enjoined :: Enjoined (imp. & p. p.) of Enjoi.
Solemn :: Solemn (a.) Marked with religious rites and pomps; enjoined by, or connected with, religion; sacred..
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