English-Thai Dictionary
commandment
N คำสั่ง command order kam-sang
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
COMMANDMENT
n. 1. A command; a mandate; an order or injunction given by authority; charge; precept.
Why do ye transgress the commandment of God. Matthew 15:3.
This is the first and great commandment. Matthew 22:38.
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. John 13:34.
2. By way of eminence, a precept of the decalogue, or moral law, written on tables of stone, at Mount Sinai; one of the ten commandments. Exodus 34:28.
3. Authority; coercive power.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
COMMANDMENT
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. )
Defn: 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 )
Defn: 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.)
New American Oxford Dictionary
commandment
com mand ment |kəˈmandmənt kəˈmæn (d )mənt | ▶noun a divine rule, esp. one of the Ten Commandments. • a rule to be observed as strictly as one of the Ten Commandments. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French comandement, from comander ‘to command ’ (see command ).
Oxford Dictionary
commandment
com ¦mand |ment |kəˈmɑːndmənt | ▶noun a divine rule, especially one of the Ten Commandments. • humorous a rule to be observed as strictly as one of the Ten Commandments. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French comandement, from comander ‘to command ’ (see command ).
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
commandment
com m á nd ment 名詞 C 1 a. 〖通例C -〗(モーセの )十戒の1つ ▸ the Ten Commandments モーセの十戒 〘旧約聖書で神がモーセに与えた殺人 盗みなどに対する戒め 〙.b. 戒め, 戒律 .2 ｟文 ｠命令 .
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