commandment
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Shylock’s pound of flesh invokes this divine commandment, which would have been familiar to everyone in early modern Europe as governments began using bonds as financial instruments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
He said his ultra-Orthodox upbringing had shaped his "socialist" outlook, as his father had followed the Jewish commandment to give charity to the poor.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Some referred to the commandment "thou shalt not kill".
From BBC ● May 13, 2025
“We have a commandment to conquer it,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
It makes me scramble around in my head, trying to imagine my way around his commandment, but I cannot.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
I was following one of the most important commandments of retirement: Keep busy to stave off feelings of isolation or depression.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025
It's one of the great dental commandments - brushing twice a day - and that's what the NHS recommends.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2025
They've inspired great works of art and literature, motivated countless believers to obey God's commandments and driven some of the bloodiest conflicts in the collective biography of our species.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2023
The words, taken from a Protestant version of the commandments from the King James Version of the Bible, are the same as those that appear on a monument on the grounds of the Texas Capitol.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2023
The seventh sense, indeed, slowly kills all the other ones, so that at last there is no trouble about the commandments.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Vocabulary lists containing commandment
Civilizations and Peoples of the Fertile Crescent, Lessons 5–7
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