commandment

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) A divinely ordained command, especially one of the Ten Commandments.
2. (archaic, countable, humorous, uncountable) Something that must be obeyed; a command or edict.
3. (countable, uncountable) The offence of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The act of commanding; exercise of authority.

Concepten

gebod

bevel

Synoniemen

order

law

command

precept

rule

edict

discipline

mandate

bidding

instruction

injunction

behest

dictate

decree

direction

fiat

prescript

prescription

regulation

requisition

summons

teaching

prohibition

imperative

imposition

condition

commission

interdict

interdiction

commandments

chastisement

mitzvah

oracle

ban

ordinance

permission

assignment

government

moral precept

prohibit

promise

punishment

recommendation

divine prophesy

religious precept

rescript

assignation

sacrament

religious rule

sacred precept

Vertalingen

commandement

Gebot

mandamiento

comandamento

mandamento

εντολή

manament

mando

ordem

legge

ley

وَصِيَّة

Vorschrift

Gesetz

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/kəˈmɑːndmənt/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: comaundement

In summary

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