commandment
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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
The practice is derived from the Bible's fourth commandment which states "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy".
From BBC • Oct. 6, 2024
Do we still, even in the faintest way, hear that Surrealist commandment: “Transform the world, change life”?
From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2024
The environmental commandment that asserts that killing trees is wrong has become a harmful truism that disguises the tree’s photosynthetic magic.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2023
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
Vocabulary lists containing commandment
Civilizations and Peoples of the Fertile Crescent, Lessons 5–7
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This Week in Words: Current Events Vocab for June 22–June 28, 2024
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