COMMANDMENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A doctrine that is taught

Example:

he believed all the Christian precepts

Synonyms:

commandment; precept; teaching

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("commandment" is a kind of...):

doctrine; ism; philosophical system; philosophy; school of thought (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "commandment"):

Golden Rule (a command based on Jesus' words in the Sermon on the Mount)

mitsvah; mitzvah ((Judaism) a precept or commandment of the Jewish law)

Meaning:

Something that is commanded

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("commandment" is a kind of...):

bid; bidding; command; dictation (an authoritative direction or instruction to do something)

Instance hyponyms:

Decalogue; Ten Commandments (the biblical commandments of Moses)

Derivation:

command (make someone do something)