First Commandment
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
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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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