commandment

Noun
  1. Something that is commanded (synset 107184499)
    is a type of: bid, bidding, command, dictation - an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
    specific instances: decalogue, ten commandments - the biblical commandments of Moses
  2. A doctrine that is taught (synset 106195690)
    "the teachings of religion"; "he believed all the Christian precepts"
    is a type of: doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought - a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
    subtypes:
    • 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
    same as: precept, teaching

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