Commandment
/kəˈmɑːndmənt/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A divinely ordained command, especially one of the Ten Commandments. countable, uncountable
"A new commandement I giue vnto you, That yee loue one another, as I haue loued you, that yee alſo loue one another."
- 2 Any of the Ten Commandments.
- 3 a doctrine that is taught wordnet
- 4 Something that must be obeyed; a command or edict. archaic, countable, humorous, uncountable
"Pau. Pray you then, / Conduct me to the Queene. / Gao. I may not (Madam) / To the contrary I haue expreſſe commandment."
- 5 something that is commanded wordnet
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- 6 The offence of commanding or inducing another to violate the law. countable, uncountable
- 7 The act of commanding; exercise of authority. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"To rule, is vnderſtoode to haue the higheſt and ſupreme authoritie of commaundement."
Example
More examples"If God had given an eleventh commandment, I wonder what it would have been."
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English comaundement, from Old French comandement, from comander. See command.