Commandment Definition

kə-măndmənt
commandments
noun
commandments
A command; an edict.
American Heritage

An authoritative command or order; mandate; precept; specif., any of the Ten Commandments.

Webster's New World
One of the Ten Commandments.
Wiktionary

Something that must be obeyed; a command or edict.

Wiktionary
The act of commanding; exercise of authority.
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Other Word Forms of Commandment

Noun

Singular:
commandment
Plural:
commandments

Origin of Commandment

  • From Old French comandement, from comander. See command.

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Commandment Sentence Examples

  • He is assuming that we obey the first commandment.

  • He calls it " the beautiful confession " to which Christ Jesus had borne witness before Pontius Pilate, and charges Timothy before God, who quickeneth all things, to keep this commandment.

  • The seventh commandment is Thou shalt not admit adultery.

  • Accordingly Paul lays down rules which he regarded as embodying the Lord's commandment.

  • Originally the latter part of the verse must have run, "That I may give thee the tables of stone which I have written, and may teach thee the law and the commandment."

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