Commandments
[kə'mændmənt]
Examples
- 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