a bounden duty
1bounden duty — index allegiance, burden, liability, responsibility (accountability) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2a bounden duty — a/your bounden ˈduty idiom (old fashioned, formal) something that you feel you must do; a responsibility which cannot be ignored • He felt it was his bounden duty to tell the police what he knew. • We have a bo …
3your bounden duty — a/your bounden ˈduty idiom (old fashioned, formal) something that you feel you must do; a responsibility which cannot be ignored • He felt it was his bounden duty to tell the police what he knew. • We have a bo …
4a bounden duty — ► a bounden duty an obligatory responsibility. Main Entry: ↑bounden …
5a (or one's) bounden duty — an obligatory responsibility. → bounden …
6one's bounden duty — a responsibility regarded as obligatory the Pastor believed that it was his bounden duty to keep them on the right path …
7Bounden Duty — It is thus the Prayer Book expresses the obligation of all the Confirmed to attend and participate in the Holy Communion whenever it is celebrated. The words occur in the Prayer of Consecration …
8Bounden — Bound en, p. p & a. [Old. p. p. of bind.] [1913 Webster] 1. Bound; fastened by bonds. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. Under obligation; bound by some favor rendered; obliged; beholden. [1913 Webster] This holy word, that teacheth us truly our bounden… …
9bounden — archaic past participle of BIND(Cf. ↑bind). ● a bounden duty Cf. ↑a bounden duty …
10bounden — survives only in the somewhat dated and affected phrase bounden duty …
