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Webster 1913 Edition


Decalogue

Dec′a-logue

(?; 115)
,
Noun.
[F.
décalogue
, L.
decalogus
, fr. Gr. [GREEK];
δέκα
ten + [GREEK] speech, [GREEK] to speak, to say. See
Ten
.]
The Ten Commandments or precepts given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai, and originally written on two tables of stone.

Webster 1828 Edition


Decalogue

DEC'ALOGUE

,
Noun.
dec'alog. [Gr., ten and speech.] The ten commandments or precepts given by God to Moses at mount Sinai, and originally written on two tables of stone.
DECAM'ETER, n. [Gr., ten and measure.] A French measure of length, consisting of ten meters, and equal to 393 English inches, and 71 decimals.
DECAMP', v.i. To remove or depart from a camp; to march off; as, the army decamped at six o'clock.
DECAMP'MENT, n. Departure from a camp; a marching off.
DEC'ANAL, a. Pertaining to a deanery.
DECAN'DER, n. [Gr., ten and a male.] In botany, a plant having ten stamens.

Definition 2024


Decalogue

Decalogue

See also: decalogue, décalogue, and Décalogue

English

Proper noun

Decalogue

  1. The Ten Commandments.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

Decalogue (plural Decalogues)

  1. Any set of rules that have the weight of authority

Translations

decalogue

decalogue

See also: Decalogue, décalogue, and Décalogue

English

Noun

decalogue (plural decalogues)

  1. Alternative spelling of Decalogue
    • 1959, John Knowles, A Separate Peace, chapter 5,
      It was only a feeling he had, and at this moment he must have been formulating a new commandment in his personal decalogue: Never accuse a friend of a crime if you only have a feeling he did it.