commandment (komandment)

[ Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 236. A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another. John xiii. 34. To good men thou art sent, By Jove's direct comm an dement. B. Jonson, Love Restored. Specifically-2. Any one of the ten injunctions, engraved upon tables of stone, delivered to Moses on Mount Sinai, according to the account in Exodus. See decalogue. Thou knowest the commandments , Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witne , Honour thy father and thy mother. Luke xviii. 20. 3. Authority; command; power of commanding. I thought that all things had been savage here; And therefore put I on the countenance Of stern commandment. Shak ., As you Like it, ii. 7. 4. In old Eng. law, the offense of instigating another to transgre the law. - Ten commandments. (a) The decalogue. (b) The ten fingers. [Slang.] Could I come near your beauty with my nails, I'd set my ten commandments in your face. Shak., 2 Hen. VI., i. 3. (c) The lines in an apple extending from the stem through the pulp. [Colloq.]