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戒律
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Commandment \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.)
资料来源 : WordNet®
commandment
n 1: something that is commanded
2: a doctrine that is taught; "the teachings of religion"; "he
believed all the Christian precepts" [syn: {teaching}, {precept}]