obstringed

constrained; placed under obligation

Adjective

  1. constrained; placed under obligation
    • c. 1528, Sir Gregory de Cassalis, Dr. Gardiner, and Dr. Fox […] , letter to Cardinal Wolsey His holiness shewed unto us, how much he and the see was and is obstringed and bound to your grace.

Origin

See obstriction.

Forms

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