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   commandment

   /kəˈmɑːn(d)m(ə)nt/

   noun

   • 1. a divine rule, especially one of the Ten Commandments: "the Sabbath had to be kept as ordered in the Fourth Commandment"
   • ▪ a rule to be observed as strictly as one of the Ten Commandments: "she had followed her mother's commandments for long enough"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French comandement, from comander ‘to command’ (see command).

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