Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being compulsory.
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- noun The state or quality of being
compulsory .
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Examples
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Winifred as far as her hotel, he refused her invitation to come in, pleading the compulsoriness of duty and dinner in Hall.
The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes Israel Zangwill 1895
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So conscience-stricken was he that, when he had accompanied Winifred as far as her hotel, he refused her invitation to come in, pleading the compulsoriness of duty and dinner in Hall.
Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Courtship Anthony Trollope 1848
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