commandment

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Nor is there any commandment to spread the religion over the face of the earth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

“Do you think we’re going to betray the greatest commandment, to love your neighbor as yourself?”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 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

These were the very Orthodox, and they obeyed literally the Biblical commandment And ye shall look upon it, which pertains to the fringes.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok