'Commandment' definitions:
Definition of 'commandment'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Commandment'
From: GCIDE
- Commandment \Com*mand"ment\, n. [OF. commandement, F. commandement.]
- 1. An order or injunction given by authority; a command; a charge; a precept; a mandate. [1913 Webster]
- A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another. --John xiii. 34. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Script.) One of the ten laws or precepts given by God to the Israelites at Mount Sinai. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The act of commanding; exercise of authority. [1913 Webster]
- And therefore put I on the countenance Of stern commandment. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Law) The offense of commanding or inducing another to violate the law. [1913 Webster]
- The Commandments, The Ten Commandments, the Decalogue, or summary of God's commands, given to Moses at Mount Sinai. (--Ex. xx.) [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'commandment'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- behest,
- bidding,
- canon,
- code,
- command,
- convention,
- dictate,
- dictation,
- dictum,
- direct order,
- form,
- formula,
- general principle,
- golden rule,
- guideline,
- guiding principle,
- hest,
- imperative,
- law,
- maxim,
- mitzvah,
- moral,
- norm,
- order,
- ordinance,
- pleasure,
- principium,
- principle,
- regulation,
- rubric,
- rule,
- say-so,
- settled principle,
- special order,
- standard,
- tenet,
- will,
- word,
- word of command,
- working principle,
- working rule
Words containing 'Commandment'
- Command,
- Commandable,
- Commandant,
- Commanded,
- Commandeer,
- Commandeered,
- Commandeering,
- Commander,
- Commanding,
- Commandingly,
- The Commandments,
- Commander in chief,
- Knights commanders,
- Lieutenant commander,
- Ten Commandments,
- The Ten Commandments,
- Word of command,
- command guidance,
- command key,
- command language,
- command line,
- command module,
- command of language,
- command overhead,
- command post,
- command prompt,
- commanding officer,
- commandments the ten,
- high command,
- naval commander,
- system command,
- wing commander,
- Self-command,
- air combat command,
- allied command atlantic,
- allied command europe,
- command line interface,
- command processing overhead,
- command sergeant major,
- criminal investigation command,
- second-in-command,
- air force space command,
- command processing overhead time,
- supreme allied commander atlantic,
- supreme allied commander europe,
- popular front for the liberation of palestine-general command