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Decalogue

[dek-uh-lawg, -log] / ˈdɛk əˌlɔg, -ˌlɒg /
NOUN
Ten Commandments
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An artist as imaginative as Toles can certainly get plenty of creative mileage out of this repellent character trait without doing violence to the Decalogue.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 4, 2019

Basic principles of ethics remain the same, from the Decalogue to the writings of John of Patmos.

From Washington Post ● May 4, 2018

Joselit, a professor of Judaic studies at the George Washington University, is strongest on the significance of the Decalogue to the American Jewish community.

From Slate ● May 15, 2017

In the first week alone I dropped 15 pounds, re-watched Krzysztof Kieslowski’s The Decalogue, built a sustainable small-yield garden for my daughter, and learned knife throwing.

From Time ● Aug. 27, 2014

But the expansion and revision of the Decalogue were not limited to the Deuteronomic school.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various


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