COMMANDMENT

teaching, precept, commandment

(noun) a doctrine that is taught; “the teachings of religion”; “he believed all the Christian precepts”

commandment

(noun) something that is commanded

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

commandment (countable and uncountable, plural commandments)

(religion) A divinely ordained command, especially one of the Ten Commandments.

(archaic) Something that must be obeyed; a command or edict.

(obsolete) The act of commanding; exercise of authority.

(legal) The offence of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.

Noun

Commandment (plural Commandments)

Any of the Ten Commandments.

Source: Wiktionary

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Com*mand"ment, n. Etym: [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.)

Definition: 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 commandment. Shak.

4. (Law)

Definition: 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.)

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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