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Fifth Commandment

noun

  1. “Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee”: fifth of the Ten Commandments.


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"Jamsetji always had been especially fond of Shapurji and saw in him from a very early age the possibilities of great potential; he gave him a lot of attention and had great faith in his abilities, both as a boy and as a man," Saklatvala's daughter, Sehri, writes in The Fifth Commandment, a biography of her father.

From BBC

Lae has the Fifth Commandment, “Honor Thy Father and Mother,” tattooed on her arm.

In Carlin's famous Ten Commandments routine, he holds off a while from commenting on the Fifth Commandment.

From Salon

In the Catholic Catechism, abortion itself -- described as "gravely contrary to moral law" -- is classified as a violation of the Fifth Commandment against killing.

“No,” I said, reminding myself of the Fifth Commandment.

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