About The Word Commandment
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Commandment
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What's The Definition Of Commandment?
[n] something that is commanded
Synonyms | Synonyms for Commandment: Related Terms | Find terms related to Commandment: behest | bidding | canon | code | command | convention | dictate | dictation | dictum | direct order | form | formula | general principle | golden rule | guideline | guiding principle | hest | imperative | law | maxim | mitzvah | moral | norm | order | ordinance | pleasure | principium | principle | regulation | rubric | rule | say-so | settled principle | special order | standard | tenet | will | word | word of command | working principle | working rule See Also | bid | bidding | command | Decalogue | dictation | Ten Commandments Commandment In Webster's Dictionary \Com*mand"ment\, n. [OF. commandement, F.
commandement.]
1. An order or injunction given by authority; a command; a
charge; a precept; a mandate.
A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one
another. --John xiii.
34.
2. (Script.) One of the ten laws or precepts given by God to
the Israelites at Mount Sinai.
3. The act of commanding; exercise of authority.
And therefore put I on the countenance Of stern
commandment. --Shak.
4. (Law) The offense of commanding or inducing another to
violate the law.
{The Commandments}, {The Ten Commandments}, the Decalogue, or
summary of God's commands, given to Moses at Mount Sinai.
(--Ex. xx.)
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