Commandment /(?)/

Com·mand·ment

Commandment

n.
  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. One of the ten laws or precepts given by God to the Israelites at Mount Sinai. (Script.)
  3. The act of commanding; exercise of authority.
    And therefore put I on the countenance Of stern commandment.
  4. The offense of commanding or inducing another to violate the law. (Law)

Phrases & Compounds
The Commandments
the Decalogue, or summary of God's commands, given to Moses at Mount Sinai. (Ex. xx.) — Ex. xx.