Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A command; an edict.
- noun Bible One of the Ten Commandments.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A command; a mandate; an order or injunction given by authority; a charge; an authoritative precept.
- noun Specifically Any one of the ten injunctions, engraved upon tables of stone, delivered to Moses on Mount Sinai, according to the account in Exodus. See
decalogue . - noun Authority; command; power of commanding.
- noun In old English law, the offense of instigating another to transgress the law.
- noun The ten fingers.
- noun The lines in an apple extending from the stem through the pulp.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An order or injunction given by authority; a command; a charge; a precept; a mandate.
- noun (Script.) One of the ten laws or precepts given by God to the Israelites at Mount Sinai.
- noun The act of commanding; exercise of authority.
- noun (Law) The offense of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.
- noun the Decalogue, or summary of God's commands, given to Moses at Mount Sinai. (Ex. xx.)
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Something that must be
obeyed ; acommand oredict .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun something that is commanded
- noun a doctrine that is taught
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Examples
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Alford explains, Which thing (the fact that the commandment is a new one) is true in Him and in you because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is now shining; that is, the commandment is a new one, and this is true both in the case of
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The Hebrew word for “kill” in the commandment is the same word (transliteration “ratsach”) that is used to describe accidental killings for which the perpetrator could find safety in one of the cities of refuge – where the “Avenger” was not allowed to venture.
Think Progress » Neocons Resurrect Plans For Regional War In The Middle East 2006
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And what we are to understand by the word commandment, which is expressed indefinitely, we may see in what follows; namely, that it is the same thing with the law, "The law," says the apostle,
The Whole Works of the Rev. John Howe, M.A. with a Memoir of the Author. Vol. VI. 1630-1705 1822
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If the commandment be true and righteous, every transgressions of the commandment is an error, as grounded upon a mistake; every wicked practice takes rise from some corrupt principle; it is a deviation from the rule we are to work by, the way we are to walk in.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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Adam & Eve suggests that the most important commandment is to eschew violence, especially in the name of religion.
Sena Jeter Naslund: Beginning Again With Adam & Eve Sena Jeter Naslund 2010
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The third commandment is denouncing any human being so vain as to tell God what to do.
Think Progress » Arizona Doctor Plans To Close His Office Because Of ‘Stress’ Caused By ‘Obamacare’ 2010
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Adam & Eve suggests that the most important commandment is to eschew violence, especially in the name of religion.
Sena Jeter Naslund: Beginning Again With Adam & Eve Sena Jeter Naslund 2010
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The third commandment is denouncing any human being so vain as to tell God what to do.
Think Progress » Arizona Doctor Plans To Close His Office Because Of ‘Stress’ Caused By ‘Obamacare’ 2010
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Adam & Eve suggests that the most important commandment is to eschew violence, especially in the name of religion.
Sena Jeter Naslund: Beginning Again With Adam & Eve Sena Jeter Naslund 2010
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Adam & Eve suggests that the most important commandment is to eschew violence, especially in the name of religion.
Sena Jeter Naslund: Beginning Again With Adam & Eve Sena Jeter Naslund 2010
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