Obligatory Definition

ə-blĭgə-tôrē, ŏblĭ-gə-
adjective

Legally, morally, or socially binding; constituting, or having the nature of, an obligation; required.

Webster's New World
Required as part of a routine course of action or cultural expectation; predictable.
American Heritage

Obligate.

Webster's New World
Obligate.
American Heritage Medicine
The definition of obligatory is necessary, required or expected as a result of law or social custom.
When someone waves at you and you feel like you have to wave back because social system says you do in order to be polite, the return wave is an example of an obligatory wave.
When the law requires you to stop at a red light, this is an example of a time when stopping is obligatory.
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Origin of Obligatory

Obligatory Sentence Examples

  • But the development of modern culture has rendered these exploits of an unbridled fanaticism impossible, and no government would consent to enforce the once obligatory sentences of ecclesiastical courts.

  • By a law passed in 1868 attendance at school is obligatory on all children between the ages of 6 and 12 years.

  • He grunted, slipping an obligatory arm around her.

  • Primary education is obligatory.

  • Fasts, obligatory on all above seven years of age, are held on every Monday and Thursday, on every new moon, and at the passover (the 21st or 22nd of April).

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