commandment

[ UK /kəmˈɑːndmənt/ ]
[ US /kəˈmændmənt/ ]
NOUN
  1. a doctrine that is taught
    he believed all the Christian precepts
    the teachings of religion
  2. something that is commanded
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How To Use commandment In A Sentence

  • At the bottom of the monument, below the Ten Commandments, there are two small Stars of David and also two Greek letters, chi and rho, superimposed over each other to represent the name Christ. The Conservative Assault on the Constitution
  • Previous to this, God ‘moved’ with the people in the tabernacle, which was built to house the tablets of the Commandments.
  • According to my teachers, only Catholics who kept the commandments had a real shot at Heaven.
  • It recognizes the Ten Commandments as eternal law and the Old Testament as Holy Writ.
  • The commandments that they propagate to prevent cancer highlight the importance of diet in warding off the affliction.
  • The questions at issue in the administrative hearing are whether an adult teacher in the course of his classroom behavior (a) willfully or neglectfully injured a child, (b) was insubordinate toward the administration, (c) violated the guidelnes for his behavior in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and/or (d) violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment in his display of religious items and posters, including multiple instances of the Ten Commandments, in his classroom. Freshwater: Playing fast and loose with the truth - The Panda's Thumb
  • The court's reasoning was that the posting of the commandments in the Kentucky courthouses constituted an expression of monotheistic religion but not so in Texas, where the commandments were seen as having more of a secular "educational" purpose. Commandments removed from Va. school system
  • He was told to obey the commandments. Times, Sunday Times
  • Though laziness is easily enough understood, I remain mystified as to why anyone who purports to follow Jesus would choose to condemn an entire population over choosing to obey Jesus 'self-proclaimed greatest commandment to love one's neighbor as oneself. John Shore: Toward a Christianity of Common Sense
  • On the contrary, the king should respect God and keep his commandments.
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