Commandment
[kə'mɑːndmənt] or [kə'mændmənt]
Definition
(n.) An order or injunction given by authority; a command; a charge; a precept; a mandate.
(n.) One of the ten laws or precepts given by God to the Israelites at Mount Sinai.
(n.) The act of commanding; exercise of authority.
(n.) The offense of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.
Inputed by Lennon
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Mandate, precept, command.
Edited by Bertram
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of receiving commands, foretells you will be unwisely influenced by persons of stronger will than your own. To read or hear the Ten Commandments read, denotes you will fall into errors from which you will hardly escape, even with the counsels of friends of wise and unerring judgment.
Editor: Wilma
Examples
- It is a horrible tyranny of a fixed milieu, where each piece of furniture is a commandment-stone. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such things ye do. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Almost always, of course, the decision is entirely a practical one, which means that each section of people is exhorted to practice the commandment it likes the most. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Many a law, many a commandment have I broken, but my word never. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Perhaps he had loved his neighbour even better than himself--which is going one further than the commandment. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Thus for the burglars is selected, not the eighth tablet, but the one on which is recommended a day of rest from labor; to the happily married is preached the seventh commandment. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Howbeit in vain do they worship me, Teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is as if the convention adopted the Decalogue, while these secret conferences decided which of the Commandments was to be made the issue. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But how can it, when it's so contradictory that I don't know whether I've written a promising book or broken all the ten commandments? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It broke from one line in the table of commandments at the altar, and illuminated the building with the words. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The ten commandments were less binding in her eyes than her surgeon's dictum. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Typist: Martha