commandment
pronunciation
How to pronounce commandment in British English:
UK [kəˈmɑ:ndmənt]
How to pronounce commandment in American English:
US [kəˈmændmənt]
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- Noun:
- something that is commanded
- a doctrine that is taught
Word Origin
- commandment (n.)
- late 13c., "an order from an authority," from Old French comandement "order, command," from Latin *commandamentum, from *commandare (see command (v.)). Pronounced as four syllables until 17c. Of þe x commandements ... þe first comondement is þis, O God we ssul honuri [c. 1280]
Example
- 1. The fourth commandment tells us to remember the sabbath .
- 2. The usual english rendering of this commandment is a mistranslation .
- 3. I give you a new commandment : that you should love one another .
- 4. They call it ronald reagan 's 11th commandment : never speak ill of a fellow republican .
- 5. We keep part of the commandment and never rise enough to get our tails off the ground .