commandment
Example Sentences
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This commandment commenced a practice of tithing that still exists today, though it has been interpreted in different ways over the years.
From Salon
She called her crimes “a violation of my vows, the commandments, the law, and above all the sacred trust that so many had placed in me.”
From Los Angeles Times
“No one likes to watch people fighting, and we’re supposed to support one another — respect and obey Reagan’s ‘11th commandment.’
From Washington Times
Out of this ferment arose millenarian fever and the Rabbi Sabbatai Tzvi, who claimed to be the Messiah and violated the Torah commandments.
From Los Angeles Times
Cologne’s Cardinal Josef Frings felt moved to tell Germans that they could put the commandment of “thou shalt not steal” into perspective; they could take what they needed in order to survive.
From New York Times
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