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commandment definition

com·mand·ment (kə mand′mənt, -mänd′-)

noun

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

Etymology: ME & OFr comandement

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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