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Webster 1913 Edition
Commandment
Com-mand′ment
,Noun.
[OF.
commandement
, F. commandement
.] 1.
An order or injunction given by authority; a command; a charge; a precept; a mandate.
A new
commandment
I give unto you, that ye love one another. John xiii. 34.
2.
(Script.)
One of the ten laws or precepts given by God to the Israelites at Mount Sinai.
3.
The act of commanding; exercise of authority.
And therefore put I on the countenance
Of stern
Of stern
commandment
. Shakespeare
4.
(Law)
The offense of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.
The Commandments
, The Ten Commandments
the Decalogue, or summary of God’s commands, given to Moses at Mount Sinai. (
Ex. xx.
)Webster 1828 Edition
Commandment
COMMANDMENT
, n.1.
A command; a mandate; an order or injunction given by authority; charge; precept.Why do ye transgress the commandment of God. Matt. 15.
This is the first and great commandment. Matt. 22.
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. John 13.
2.
By way of eminence, a precept of the decalogue, or moral law, written on tables of stone, at Mount Sinai; one of the ten commandments. Ex. 34.3.
Authority; coercive power.Definition 2024
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See also: Commandment
English
Alternative forms
- commaundment (obsolete)
Noun
commandment (plural commandments)
- Something that must be obeyed; a command or edict.
- Bible, John xiii. 34
- A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another.
- Bible, John xiii. 34
- The act of commanding; exercise of authority.
- Shakespeare
- And therefore put I on the countenance / Of stern commandment.
- Shakespeare
- (law) The offence of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.
Translations
a command or edict
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