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- 1. a divine rule, especially one of the Ten Commandments: "the Sabbath had to be kept as ordered in the Fourth Commandment"
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The meaning of COMMANDMENT is the act or power of commanding. How to use commandment in a sentence.
noun [ C ] us / kəˈmænd·mənt / Add to word list. any of the ten important rules of behavior that the Bible says were given by God to Moses. (Definition of commandment from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of commandment. commandment.
Commandment definition: a command or mandate.. See examples of COMMANDMENT used in a sentence.
2 meanings: 1. a divine command, esp one of the Ten Commandments of the Old Testament 2. literary any command.... Click for more definitions.
commandment. noun [ C ] us / kəˈmænd.mənt / uk / kəˈmɑːnd.mənt /. Add to word list. often literary. an order, especially one of the Ten Commandments. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Instructions and orders. as per instructions idiom.
If someone believes that God has directed them to do something, it's a commandment. If your parents grimly order you to clean your room, you can also consider that a commandment. Strictly speaking, a commandment is divinely ordered, like the Ten Commandments in the Bible.
commandment. noun. /kəˈmɑːndmənt/. /kəˈmændmənt/. a law given by God, especially any of the Ten Commandments given to the Israelites in the Bible. to keep the Ten Commandments. Someone brought to his notice the fifth commandment: honour thy father and thy mother.
