On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Commandment. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as command or philosophy and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Commandment in a sentence
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Commandment meaning
- A divinely ordained command, especially one of the Ten Commandments.
- Something that must be obeyed; a command or edict.
- The offence of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.
Synonyms of Commandment
Using Commandment
- The main meaning on this page is: A divinely ordained command, especially one of the Ten Commandments. | Something that must be obeyed; a command or edict. | The offence of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.
- Useful related words include: command, school of thought, philosophical system, philosophy.
- In the example corpus, commandment often appears in combinations such as: the commandment, commandment to, sixth commandment.
Context around Commandment
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 4 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Commandment
- In this selection, "commandment" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 18.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sixth, first, 11th, adjacent, needs and recently stand out and add context to how "commandment" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an 11th commandment that would and and great commandment and the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "commandment" sits close to words such as abrogation, agnew and airman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with commandment
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This is the greatest and the first commandment. (8 words)
Thus, there is a commandment to give charity. (8 words)
Curiously, there are two exceptions to the above commandment. (9 words)
You don't load up a hot dog like a jelly donut with all of the stuff in the middle (I'm pretty sure if there was an 11th commandment, that would be it). (34 words)
Did anyone in Israel think the IDF could deter Hamas to the point of forcing it to end the conflict — a principle that is contrary to the first commandment of the security concept? (33 words)
Greed is seen as the basis for our selfishness and our blindness towards others and lust has often been given the ultimate notoriety, as if the Sixth Commandment were the only commandment. (32 words)
The Sixth Commandment: What happened to Ben Field, the killer at the centre of the BBC One drama? (18 words)
Did anyone in Israel think the IDF could deter Hamas to the point of forcing it to end the conflict — a principle that is contrary to the first commandment of the security concept? (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
There is another profound message in putting the commandments side by side, that each commandment between man and G-d parallels the man-to-man commandment adjacent to it.
In truth, there is no scriptural equivalency between the “first and great” commandment and the “second” commandment.
Greed is seen as the basis for our selfishness and our blindness towards others and lust has often been given the ultimate notoriety, as if the Sixth Commandment were the only commandment.
But we know that the commandment needs to be received and followed.
Jesus’ commandment that we should love our neighbour as ourselves is far from being observed.
Opening the video, Dr Das said: 'I saw a drama called the Sixth Commandment recently.
Otherwise the commandment will just remain words or ideals and there are already many ideals.
The first commandment is to trust in the Lord will all thy heart.
The Sixth Commandment: What happened to Ben Field, the killer at the centre of the BBC One drama?
The spies that led Israel to national catastrophe mistakenly thought that the value of preserving life overrides the commandment to free Eretz Yisrael.
Curiously, there are two exceptions to the above commandment.
Did anyone in Israel think the IDF could deter Hamas to the point of forcing it to end the conflict — a principle that is contrary to the first commandment of the security concept?
In the Limited Drama category, Best Interests, Demon 79 ( Black Mirror ), The Long Shadow and The Sixth Commandment are all in with a chance.
On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
The commandment to love Hashem “ – with all your heart ( 6:5)” means that closeness to Hashem should be the only thing we truly love and desire.
These are the films 'The 11th Commandment' and 'Mfumukazi'.
The Sixth Commandment won the Limited Series Award - which was presented by Baby Reindeer stars Richard Gadd and Jessica Gunning.
This is the greatest and the first commandment.
Thus, there is a commandment to give charity.
You don't load up a hot dog like a jelly donut with all of the stuff in the middle (I'm pretty sure if there was an 11th commandment, that would be it).
Common combinations with commandment
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the commandment 14×
- commandment to 10×
- sixth commandment 8×
- commandment of 8×
- commandment that 5×
- first commandment 5×
- commandment and 4×
- commandment is 4×
- th commandment 3×
- religious commandment 3×