Decalogue

or Dec·a·log

[ dek-uh-lawg, -log ]

noun

1. Sometimes decalogue. the Ten Commandments.

Decalogue

/ ˈdɛkəˌlɒɡ /

noun

1. another name for the Ten Commandments

Word History and Origins

Origin of Decalogue¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Decalogue¹

C14: from Church Latin decalogus, from Greek, from deka ten + logos word

Example Sentences

Any thriller brazen enough to preface its story with Ronald Knox’s classic 1929 “Decalogue” — otherwise known as the “Ten Commandments of Detective Fiction”— runs the risk of being too clever by half.

From Washington Post

That’s a story that may not require a show that runs about as long as Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Ten Commandments parable, “The Decalogue.”

From New York Times

The fears of the Decalogue’s defenders are not misplaced: Syria is the loose tip of a dangling thread.

From Salon

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

The paradox of this is that Pastis is really meant for those nights when you decide to cancel your reservations at the little nine-seat tasting counter where the menu is inspired by Kieslowski’s “Decalogue.”

From New York Times