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commandment

[kuh-mand-muhnt, -mahnd-] / kəˈmænd mənt, -ˈmɑnd- /
NOUN
law
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Nor is there any commandment to spread the religion over the face of the earth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

Some referred to the commandment "thou shalt not kill".

From BBC • May 13, 2025

His crime: taking too seriously the biblical commandment to love thy neighbor and the injunction not to kill.

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2024

“We have a commandment to conquer it,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2024

I say, "Jesus taught that the greatest commandment was to love God with all your heart and all your soul and all your might."

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz




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