Decalogue

Dec·a·logue

or Dec·a·log D0066900 (dĕk′ə-lôg′, -lŏg′)n.1. Bible The Ten Commandments.2. A fundamental set of rules having authoritative weight.

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[Middle English decalog, from Late Latin decalogus, from Greek dekalogos : deka, ten; see dekm̥ in Indo-European roots + logos, word, pronouncement; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]

Decalogue

(ˈdɛkəˌlɒɡ) n (Bible) another name for the Ten Commandments[C14: from Church Latin decalogus, from Greek, from deka ten + logos word]

Ten′ Command′ments

n.pl. the precepts spoken by God to Israel, delivered to Moses on Mount Sinai; the Decalogue.

Thesaurus

Noun

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Decalogue - the biblical commandments of Moses Ten Commandments

Translations

decálogodécaloguedecalogo