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Decalogue
//ˈdɛkəlɒɡ// name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 The Ten Commandments.
Noun
- 1 Any set of rules that have the weight of authority
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of Decalogue. alt-of
"It was only a feeling he had, and at this moment he must have been formulating a new commandment in his personal decalogue: Never accuse a friend of a crime if you only have a feeling he did it."
Etymology
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle French Décalogue, from Latin decalogus, from Ancient Greek δεκάλογος (dekálogos, from δέκα (déka, “ten”) + λόγος (lógos, “statement”)). Equivalent to deca- + -logue.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Middle French Décalogue, from Latin decalogus, from Ancient Greek δεκάλογος (dekálogos, from δέκα (déka, “ten”) + λόγος (lógos, “statement”)). Equivalent to deca- + -logue.
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