Com*mand"ment (?), n.
[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.) 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) 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.)
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