compulsatory

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Even in the compulsatory haste of travelling, there is no valid excuse for this unhealthy and disgusting practice.

From The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews by Lunettes, Henry

The astonished and dismayed Christians continued ten days in prayer; when, by a revelation to a certain bishop, a certain shoemaker was chosen to perform this compulsatory miracle.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

And now having, with great reluctance I own, complied with one of your compulsatory alternatives, I expect the fruits of it.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7 by Richardson, Samuel

It is however acknowledged that the Matelotage was not a compulsatory regulation; and that the Buccaneers sometimes bequeathed by will.

From History of the Buccaneers of America by Burney, James