 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
commandment
noun
1: something that is commanded
2: a doctrine that is taught; "the teachings of religion"; "he
believed all the Christian precepts" [syn: {teaching}, {precept}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
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 commandment. --Shak.
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.)
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "commandment":
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
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