Commandment

COMMANDMENT, noun

1. A command; a mandate; an order or injunction given by authority; charge; precept.

Why do ye transgress the commandment of God. [[Matthew 15#3|Matthew 15:3]].

This is the first and great commandment [[Matthew 22#38|Matthew 22:38]].

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. [[John 13#34|John 13:34]].

2. By way of eminence, a precept of the decalogue, or moral law, written on tables of stone, at Mount Sinai; one of the ten commandments. [[Exodus 34#32|Exodus 34:32]].

3. Authority; coercive power.