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Noun: commandment  ku'mãnd-munt
  1. Something that is commanded
    "The Ten Commandments are fundamental to many religious traditions"
     
  2. A doctrine that is taught
    "the commandments of religion";
    - teaching, precept

Derived forms: commandments

Type of: bid, bidding, command, dictation, doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought

Encyclopedia: Commandment