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commandment

com·mand·ment

commandment

 
pronunciation:
k maend mnt
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: an order or law.
The monk lived by a commandment never to eat meat.
definition 2: in the Jewish or Christian Bible, one of the Ten Commandments or laws given to Moses by God.
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