COMMANDMENT


Meaning of COMMANDMENT in English

/keuh mand"meuhnt, -mahnd"-/ , n.

1. a command or mandate.

2. ( sometimes cap. ) any of the Ten Commandments.

3. the act or power of commanding.

[ 1200-50; ME com ( m ) and ( e ) ment com ( m ) andement. See COMMAND, -MENT ]

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