commandment

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /kəˈmændmənt/ UK /kəˈmɑːndmənt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a divine rule or authoritative order

Honoring one's parents is the fifth commandment.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a divine rule or... precept decree edict mandate ordinance injunction

Word family

Related forms command commander commanding

Etymology

From Old French comandement ('order, command'), from comander ('to command'), from Vulgar Latin commandare, from Latin mandare ('to order, entrust'), from manus ('hand') + dare ('to give').

comandement Old French mandare Latin

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# commandment

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /kəˈmændmənt/
**IPA (UK):** /kəˈmɑːndmənt/

## Meanings
1. a divine rule or authoritative order

## Examples
- Honoring one's parents is the fifth commandment.

## Synonyms
- precept
- decree
- edict
- mandate
- ordinance
- injunction

## Related Forms
- command
- commander
- commanding

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: comandement
- Root: mandare

## Etymology
From Old French comandement ('order, command'), from comander ('to command'), from Vulgar Latin commandare, from Latin mandare ('to order, entrust'), from manus ('hand') + dare ('to give').

## AI Etymology
Commandment is from Old French comandement ('order, command'), from comander ('to command'), from Vulgar Latin commandare, from Latin mandare ('to order, entrust'), from manus ('hand') + dare ('to give'). Important recorded forms include comandement (Old French) and mandare (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a divine rule or authoritative order. The wider family includes related words such as command, commander, and commanding.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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