commandment

commandment is a Noun

Definition:

[1] An order or injunction given by authority; a command; a charge; a precept; a mandate. A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another. John xiii. 34.

[2] One of the ten laws or precepts given by God to the Israelites at Mount Sinai.

[3] The act of commanding; exercise of authority. And therefore put I on the countenance Of stern commandment. Shak.

[4] The offense of commanding or inducing another to violate the law. The Commandments, The Ten Commandments, the Decalogue, or summary of God`s commands, given to Moses at Mount Sinai. (Ex. xx.)