decalogue
Speech parts
1. decalogue - Noun
2. Decalogue - Proper noun
Meaning
The Ten Commandments or precepts given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai, and originally written on two tables of stone.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
Ten Commandments
constitution
canon
law
code
ethics
ethic
commandment
decennary
decennium
trilogy
ethos
Mosaic law
octateuch
axiology
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Examples
As catechist at his college he read lectures on the Decalogue (published in 1630), which aroused great interest.
God pronounces the Ten Commandments (the Ethical Decalogue ) in the hearing of all Israel.