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Decalogue

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ten commandmentsnoun	(biblical) A particular list of religious and moral imperatives which, according to the Old Testament of the Bible or the Hebrew Bible, were twice given or dictated by God to Moses on Mount Sinai and inscribed on two stone tablets.

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ten commandmentsnoun	(biblical) A particular list of religious and moral imperatives which, according to the Old Testament of the Bible or the Hebrew Bible, were twice given or dictated by God to Moses on Mount Sinai and inscribed on two stone tablets.
decalognoun	Alternative form of Decalogue. [The Ten Commandments.]
ritual decaloguenoun	One of the three lists of religious and moral imperatives called the Ten Commandments which, according to the Hebrew Bible, were given to Moses on Mount Sinai in the form of two stone tablets. This list includes mostly ritual imperatives, as opposed to the other two, which include both ritual and moral imperatives.
ethical decaloguenoun	Two of the three lists of religious and moral imperatives called the Ten Commandments which, according to the Hebrew Bible, were given to Moses on Mount Sinai in the form of two stone tablets. These lists include both ritual and moral imperatives, as opposed to the third, which includes mostly ritual imperatives.
commandmentnoun	(religion) A divinely ordained command, especially one of the Ten Commandments.
ethical ten commandmentsnoun	Two of the three lists of religious and moral imperatives called the Ten Commandments which, according to the Hebrew Bible, were given to Moses on Mount Sinai in the form of two stone tablets. These lists include both ritual and moral imperatives, as opposed to the third, which includes mostly ritual imperatives.
ritual ten commandmentsnoun	One of the three lists of religious and moral imperatives called the Ten Commandments which, according to the Hebrew Bible, were given to Moses on Mount Sinai in the form of two stone tablets. This list includes mostly ritual imperatives, as opposed to the other two, which include both ritual and moral imperatives.
horebnoun	(biblical) The mountain where the Ten Commandments were given to Moses by Yahweh, according to the Book of Deuteronomy in the Hebrew Bible.
pentateuchnoun	Synonym of Torah.
deu.noun	Abbreviation of Deuteronomy. [The fifth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fifth book in the Torah.]
deuteronomynoun	The fifth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fifth book in the Torah.
deut.noun	Abbreviation of Deuteronomy. [The fifth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fifth book in the Torah.]
torahnoun	(Abrahamism) The first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures, traditionally attributed to Moses and therefore also known as the Five Books of Moses.
azharotnoun	(Judaism) Didactic liturgical poems on, or versifications of, the 613 commandments in rabbinical enumeration.
sinainoun	A mountain in Sinai Peninsula; the location where Moses is said to have received the Ten Commandments from God.
heptateuchnoun	The first seven books of the Hebrew Bible.
octateuchnoun	A collection of eight books; especially, the first eight books of the Old Testament.
leviticusnoun	The third of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible; the third book in the Torah.
books of mosesnoun	Synonym of Torah.
chamisha chumshei torahnoun	(Judaism) The Pentateuch collectively.