Decalogue

American  

[dek-uh-lawg, -log] / ˈdɛk əˌlɔg, -ˌlɒg /

Or Decalog

noun

1. Sometimes decalogue the Ten Commandments.

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Decalogue British  

/ ˈdɛkəˌlɒɡ /

noun

1. another name for the Ten Commandments

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Etymology

Origin of Decalogue

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English decalog, from Late Latin decalogus, from Medieval Greek, Greek dekálogos; deca-, -logue

Example Sentences

An artist as imaginative as Toles can certainly get plenty of creative mileage out of this repellent character trait without doing violence to the Decalogue.

From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2019

Basic principles of ethics remain the same, from the Decalogue to the writings of John of Patmos.

From Washington Post • May 4, 2018

Joselit, a professor of Judaic studies at the George Washington University, is strongest on the significance of the Decalogue to the American Jewish community.

From Slate • May 15, 2017

In the first week alone I dropped 15 pounds, re-watched Krzysztof Kieslowski’s The Decalogue, built a sustainable small-yield garden for my daughter, and learned knife throwing.

From Time • Aug. 27, 2014

He then presents us with the Lord’s Prayer, the Creed, the Decalogue, &c., as orthographical theses.

From Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters by Hazlitt, W. Carew