Decalogue
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Decalogue
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English decalog, from Late Latin decalogus, from Medieval Greek, Greek dekálogos; see origin at deca-, -logue
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An artist as imaginative as Toles can certainly get plenty of creative mileage out of this repellent character trait without doing violence to the Decalogue.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 4, 2019
Basic principles of ethics remain the same, from the Decalogue to the writings of John of Patmos.
From Washington Post ● May 4, 2018
In the first week alone I dropped 15 pounds, re-watched Krzysztof Kieslowski’s The Decalogue, built a sustainable small-yield garden for my daughter, and learned knife throwing.
From Time ● Aug. 27, 2014
Contrast that shapelessness with, say, Scenes From a Marriage, or The Best of Youth, or The Decalogue, all limited-run TV programs from Europe that are better than just about anything American TV has ever made.
From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2013
The insertion of the Decalogue, or rather the point of view which prompted its insertion, naturally involved certain consequential changes of the existing text.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
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