n.

1. A command; an edict.
2. Bible. One of the Ten Commandments.

noun

An authoritative indication to be obeyed: behest, bidding, charge, command, dictate, direction, directive, injunction, instruction (often used in plural), mandate, order, word. See over/under, words.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: something that is commanded

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bud, guddommelig befaling

idioms:

• the Ten Commandments    de ti bud

Nederlands (Dutch)
(goddelijk) gebod

Français (French)
n. - commandement, (US) injonction

idioms:

• the Ten Commandments    les dix Commandements

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gebot

idioms:

• the Ten Commandments    die Zehn Gebote

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εντολή, προσταγή

idioms:

• the Ten Commandments    (θρησκ.) οι Δέκα Εντολές

Italiano (Italian)
comandamento

idioms:

• the Ten Commandments    dieci comandamenti

Português (Portuguese)
n. - mandamento (m)

idioms:

• the Ten Commandments    os Dez (m pl) Mandamentos

Русский (Russian)
заповедь

idioms:

• the Ten Commandments    десять заповедей

Español (Spanish)
n. - mandamiento

idioms:

• the Ten Commandments    los diez mandamientos

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - budord

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
戒律

idioms:

• the Ten Commandments    十诫

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 戒律

idioms:

• the Ten Commandments    十誡

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 율법, 명령권

idioms:

• the Ten Commandments    십계명

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - おきて, 戒律

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أمر, وصيه, حكم, سنه, فرض‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מיצווה, דיבר‬

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