Commandment

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Inherited from Middle English comaundement, from Old French comandement, from comander. See command.

countable, uncountable A divinely ordained command, especially one of the Ten Commandments. A new commandement I giue vnto you, That yee loue one another, as I haue loued you, that yee alſo loue one another.
archaic, countable, humorous, uncountable Something that must be obeyed; a command or edict. Pau. Pray you then, / Conduct me to the Queene. / Gao. I may not (Madam) / To the contrary I haue expreſſe commandment.
countable, uncountable The offence of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.
countable, obsolete, uncountable The act of commanding; exercise of authority. To rule, is vnderſtoode to haue the higheſt and ſupreme authoritie of commaundement.