Decalogue
['dekəlɔg]
Definition
(n.) The Ten Commandments or precepts given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai, and originally written on two tables of stone.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. The ten commandments.
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Definition
n. the ten commandments.—n. Decal′ogist.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A series of commandments ten in number—just enough to permit an intelligent selection for observance but not enough to embarrass the choice. Following is the revised edition of the Decalogue calculated for this meridian.
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Examples
- His speeches began to turn on platitudes--on the vague idealism and indisputable moralities of the Decalogue and the Sermon on the Mount. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- 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.
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