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Decalogue

or Dec·a·log

[ dek-uh-lawg, -log ]

noun

  1. Sometimes decalogue. the Ten Commandments.


Decalogue

/ ˈdɛkəˌlɒɡ /

noun

  1. another name for the Ten Commandments
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Decalogue1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English decalog, from Late Latin decalogus, from Medieval Greek, Greek dekálogos; deca-, -logue
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Decalogue1

C14: from Church Latin decalogus, from Greek, from deka ten + logos word
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Example Sentences

Both the positive precept and the statutes of the decalogue unfolded what was designed as a covenant claim.

Every command of the Decalogue was issued, and punishment followed for its breach, before the existence of the engraved tables.

It is enjoined in the first three precepts of the decalogue.

In the decalogue, the stranger dwelling among them is recognised.

This demand for true worship covers the first part of the decalogue, "Thou shalt have no other gods besides Me."

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