Decalogue

American  

[dek-uh-lawg, -log] / ˈdɛk əˌlɔg, -ˌlɒg /

Or Decalog

noun

1. Sometimes decalogue the Ten Commandments.

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Decalogue British  

/ ˈdɛkəˌlɒɡ /

noun

1. another name for the Ten Commandments

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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

Example Sentences

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

In the Mosaic law the general command “Thou shalt not kill” of the Decalogue is in terms absolute.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various