Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An authoritative request or injunction.
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- noun A request or
demand from anauthority .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Simon P, well done for castigating SHIM and his outrageous enjoinder to '[k] ill the Iranians before they kill us.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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For human rights to be progressively realised - the enjoinder that is attached by the Constitution to the array of socio-economic rights that our Bill of Rights enshrines - government must actively pursue them, and Portfolio Committees must insist on Departments accounting to them on delivery.
ANC Today 2008
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For human rights to be progressively realised - the enjoinder that is attached by the Constitution to the array of socio-economic rights that our Bill of
ANC Today 2008
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What great enjoinder will finally rally Israelis and Palestinians to peace?
Daniel Lubetzky: An Israeli-Palestinian Agreement: Overcoming Chaos and Cynicism 2008
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For human rights to be progressively realised – the enjoinder that is attached by the Constitution to the array of socio-economic rights that our Bill of Rights enshrines – government must actively pursue them, and Portfolio Committees must insist on Departments accounting to them on delivery.
Speech by Professor Kader Asmal in the National Assembly on his retirement from Parliament 2008
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In view of this enjoinder it is pertinent to inquire as to whether Christian people are praying men and women in anything like body and bulk?
The Weapon of Prayer 1835-1913 1991
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Merely nodding his head as an enjoinder to be careful.
Formations. 1908
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'O my father,' replied Ali, 'how shall I do other than hearken to thee and do after thine enjoinder, seeing that I am bounden by the law of God to obey thee and give ear to thy word?'
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV Anonymous 1879
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'Yes, O my son,' replied the merchant, 'I am ware of my condition: forget thou not my enjoinder.'
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV Anonymous 1879
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From that day hence for a half century the historic enjoinder of General Logan has been tenderly observed.
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