ADJ.
above, all, divine, fulfilling, jewish, knowing, sacred
VERB + COMMANDMENT
according, fulfil, given, hold, violates
COMMANDMENT + NOUN
ba'alei, decalogue, guests, host, lord, man, provisions, thy
PREP.
from, in, without
noun
A divinely ordained command, especially one of the Ten Commandments.
A new commandement I giue vnto you, That yee loue one another, as I haue loued you, that yee alſo loue one another.
But besides having the bent of the affections towards Him, and desiring His favour, His near presence with us, there is that great rule of His, “This is love, that we walk after His commandments.”
Something that must be obeyed; a command or edict.
Pau. Pray you then, / Conduct me to the Queene. / Gao. I may not (Madam) / To the contrary I haue expreſſe commandment.
The HIG delivers Apple's design commandments, the company's definition of what it means to be a good iPhone citizen.
The offence of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.
The act of commanding; exercise of authority.
To rule, is vnderſtoode to haue the higheſt and ſupreme authoritie of commaundement.
Speake you ſo gently? Pardon me I pray you, / I thought that all things had bin ſauage heere, / And therefore put I on the countenance / Of ſterne command'ment.
noun
Any of the Ten Commandments.
A well-known convention (often the most well-known of a certain field) which supposedly can not or should not be broken.
A “hood,” he said, isn’t necessarily a neighborhood, adding that the same culture is seen on Wall Street, “where the 11th commandment is ‘Thou shalt not get caught.’ ”
A new commandement I giue vnto you, That yee loue one another, as I haue loued you, that yee alſo loue one another.
WiktionaryBut besides having the bent of the affections towards Him, and desiring His favour, His near presence with us, there is that great rule of His, “This is love, that we walk after His commandments.”
WiktionaryEven those commandments which have a rational basis are kept by Jews only because that is God's will (Aruch HaShulchan). This lesson is encapsulated in the story of Dama ben Nesina.
WiktionaryIf God had given an eleventh commandment, I wonder what it would have been.
Tatoeba · #652506To use these vaccines violates the sacred commandment from Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Tatoeba · #1166793They are fulfilling the commandment to host guests.
Tatoeba · #4049054i Register
In some senses, commandment is marked as archaic, obsolete, humorous. Watch for register when choosing this word.