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commandment

DEFINITIONS OF: commandment

1

n something that is commanded

Examples:
Ten Commandments
the biblical commandments of Moses
Type of:
bid, bidding, command, dictation
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

n a doctrine that is taught

Synonyms:
precept, teaching
Types:
Golden Rule
a command based on Jesus' words in the Sermon on the Mount
mitsvah, mitzvah
(Judaism) a precept or commandment of the Jewish law
Type of:
doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought
a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
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