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First Commandment

American  

noun

  1. “Thou shalt have no other gods before me”: first of the Ten Commandments.


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Anyway, the First Commandment of plane eating is: Thou shalt not bring strong-smelling food on a plane.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2020

At this point things really start humming, but at this point must be enforced the First Commandment for whodunits: thou shalt not tell.

From Time Magazine Archive

The First Commandment expresses our innermost desire as well as God's will.

From An Interpretation of Friends Worship by Toomer, Jean

THE First Commandment bids us hope as well as believe in God.

From Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals by Stapleton, John H. (John Henry)

Thus in the Decalog itself, in the First Commandment Ex.

From Apology of the Augsburg Confession by Melanchthon, Philipp

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