commandmentn.

/kəˈmɑːndmənt/

/kəˈmandmənt/

Forms: α. Middle English comande-, comonde-, Middle English–1600s commandement, Middle English–1500s comaunde-, Middle English–1600s commaundement(e, (Middle English commaw(u)ndement, cummaundement, cummawndement, Middle English–1500s Scottish commandiment, commandyment); also β. Middle English– commandment, (Middle English cumand-, komaund-), Middle English comand-, Middle English comaund-, Middle English–1500s commaund-; and γ. Middle English comanment, co(m)mament, co(m)mamend.

Etymology: < Old French com-, commandement (= Provençal comandamen , Italian commandamento ) < Latin type *commandāmentum , < commandāre : see command v. and -ment suffix. Originally 4 syllables; still so found in 16–17th cent. writers, and in 19th cent. dialect-speech from Scotland to west Somerset. But the trisyllabic form appeared already in 13th cent., and became prevalent in the literary language in 17–18th cent. In early times there was a tendency to put a stress on the first syllable, and weaken the second to -ăn-, -ă- as in the Cotton MS. of Cursor Mundi. Spenser has commandement (4 syllables); Shakepeare, lst Folio, the same 4 times, command'ment 6 times, commandment 3 times. Drummond has it of 4 syllables, Milton and Pope of 3. Compare the following examples:α. c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 67 But conseillyng is nat comandement.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 6481 Þis er comandementis ten.1556 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 249 No other commaundyment or procurement.1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iii. sig. Dd7^v So greatly his commandement they feare.a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. iv. 20 From him I haue expresse commandement.1822 R. Nares Gloss. Commandement, in four syllables. I think I have heard it so spoken by old persons.1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Commandiment..This pronunciation still prevails among the peasantry in S.1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Commanyment.[Commandement of 4 syllables in Scotch Psalms in Metre (made c1564), and still (1890) so sung.]β. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1084 Þemperours komaundment was kud al aboute.1483 Cath. Angl . 72 A Commaundment, mandatum.1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. iii. 136 The lawes of England are at my commandement.a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) ii. ii. 10 To the contrary I haue expresse commandment.1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 176 The first of all Commandments, Thou shalt worship The Lord thy God.γ. c1320 Seuyn Sages (W.) 3446 His cumandment bilyue was done.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 662 Þat ȝee ne brek mi commament.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 650 Þat dos her will mi commandment.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11720 His comanment was noght vndon.

a. An authoritative order or injunction; a precept given by authority. (archaic.)

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > a command

wordOE

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commandmentc1250

precepta1325

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hotea1350

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imperative1606

fiata1631

mitzvah1723

order of the day1804

hukum1838

prikaz1858

society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > commandment or precept

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bibodc1000

lawa1225

commandmentc1250

lorea1300

preceptc1384

statutea1393

preception1620

rubric1891

c1250 Old Eng. Misc. 33 Se sergant dede þes lordes commandement.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xvi. 376 Whan the barons herde the commaundemente of the kyng.

1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth xl. sig. N.iii^v Augustyn saith he that doth not the commaundement of his physycyon doth kyll hym self.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) ii. ii. 10 To the contrary I haue expresse commandment .

1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. iii. 180 Called by the express commandment of the king.

1868 H. H. Milman Ann. St. Paul's Cathedral x. 252 A commandment came for the Clergy..to meet at St. Paul's.

†b. A commission or charge. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > delegated authority > [noun] > a commission given to anyone

carkc1330

charge1393

commissionc1450

charche1534

credit1537

commandment1592

missure1615

assignmentc1848

commish1856

1592 W. West Symbolæogr.: 1st Pt. B j A Commaundement or Commission Mandatum is a contract by consent to do something gratis.

a. esp. A divine command.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Testament > Old Testament > [noun] > Mosaic dispensation > decalogue > one of

commandmentc1325

weirda1400

statutec1430

law-word1645

command1667

c1325 Metr. Hom. 14 Crist gifes us wille His comandmenz to fulfille.

c1440 York Myst. x. 245 To goddis cummaundement I sall enclyne.

1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xxvi. 5 Abraham..kept my charge, my Commandements, my Statutes and my Lawes.

a1699 E. Stillingfleet Wks. IV. iii. (R.) A sincere..endeavour to please God and keep his commandments.

1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 154 The law is, ‘Do this always’; the commandment, ‘Do thou this now’.

b. spec. (plural). The Ten Commandments or precepts of the Mosaic Decalogue.Often applied to the table or tables of these required by law to be publicly set up in English parish churches.

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society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Testament > Old Testament > [noun] > Mosaic dispensation > decalogue

lawc1000

Ten WordsOE

Ten Commandmentsc1280

the ten preceptsa1325

Decalogue1382

testimony1535

command1608

society > faith > artefacts > furniture > other furniture > [noun] > table of commandments

Ten Commandments1560

c1280 Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 16 Of þe x commandemens..þe first comondement is þis, O God we ssul honuri.

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 6056 Þat keped noght þe comandmentes ten.

c1440 York Myst. xx. 139 Whilke callest þou þe firste comaundment?

1560 Queen Elizabeth I Let. in E. Cardwell Documentary Ann. Church Eng. No. lv To order that the tables of the commandments may be comlye set or hung up in the east end of the chauncell.

1561 in T. Wright Churchwardens' Accts. Ludlow (1869) 103 Paid for the table of commaundementes and the new kalender..xviijd.

1637 Bk. Common Prayer Church of Scotl. Communion Then shall the Presbyter, turning to the people, rehearse distinctly all the Ten Commandements.

1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 88 An altar piece gilt and carved, with a glory and the king's arms above the commandments.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits vi. 107 They will let you break all the commandments, if you do it natively, and with spirit.

c. Hence, the new commandment of Jesus Christ.

ΚΠ

1534 Bible (Tyndale rev. Joye) John xiii. 34 A newe commaundement [ Wyclif maundement] geve I vnto you, that ye love togedder [Rhem. one an other], as I have loved you.

d. Also used allusively of other sets of rules, implying that they take the place of the Decalogue: so, jestingly or ironically, the new commandment, the eleventh commandment.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > commandment or precept > one of a set of

commandmenta1577

a1577 Gascoigne (title) The Wyll of the Deuyll; with his ten detestable Commaundementes, directed to his obedient and accursed chyldren.

1615 (title) Pope Paulus V..His Ten Commandments, given to Marquis Spinola, in English, together with the Dutch original.

1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Sept. 1/1 The new and great commandment that nothing succeeds like success.

1886 E. Lynn Linton Paston Carew iii He had learned the eleventh commandment [do not tell tales out of school] to the echo, and was the safest confidant to be found within the four seas. [The ‘eleventh commandment’ of modern cynicism is ‘Thou shalt not be found out’.]

3. slang. the ten commandments: the ten fingernails or ‘claws’ (esp. of a woman). In frequent use c1600; in modern writers chiefly after Shakespeare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > nail > [noun] > finger nail

hand naileOE

fingernaila1250

onglec1436

the ten commandments?1544

talons1594

unguicule1694

flesh-spades1749

?1544 J. Heywood Foure PP sig. E.i^v I beseche hym that hye syttes, Thy wyfes .x. commaundementes may serch thy .v. wittes.

1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 i. iii. 145 Could I come neare your daintie vissage with my nayles, Ide set my ten commandments in your face.

1595 W. S. Lamentable Trag. Locrine iv. ii Fearing she would set her ten commandments in my face.

1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe v. sig. I Your Harpy..set his ten commandements vpon my backe.

1814 W. Scott Waverley II. vii. 125 I'll set my ten commandments in the face o' the first loon that lays a finger on him.

1830 F. Marryat King's Own II. xx. 322 I'll write the ten commandments on your face.

1843 H. W. Longfellow Spanish Student iii. v. 146 In with you, and be busy with the ten commandments, under the sly.

†4. The action or fact of commanding; bidding, command. Obsolete.

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society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun]

willeOE

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jussion1773

c1386 G. Chaucer Miller's Tale 106 Swoor..That she wol been at his comandement.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1303 I schal kysse at your comaundement.

c1400 Mandeville Voiage & Travaile (1839) v. 43 Abraham departed, be Commandement of the Aungelle.

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 45 Tears which they haue at commaundement.

1676 W. Hubbard Happiness of People 2 All their Brethren were at their Commandment.

†5.

a. Authority, sway, sovereignty, control; military command. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > [noun]

wissingc1000

mandementc1325

commandance1452

conduct1530

conduction1551

commandment1592

command1594

society > armed hostility > military service > [noun] > leading or commanding

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conduct1530

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captaincy1850

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1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. T1^v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) The closet, wherof another hath both the key, vse and commandement.

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique vii. xiii. 821 The commaundment or vse and profit of it [sc. woodland], are longer time in purchasing and more hardly come by, then that of corne and vines.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. vii. §2. 79 The Athenians, who affected the first commaundement in that warre.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. ii. 92 Haue I commandement on the pulse of life?

1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 13 July (1855) 15 Your own raigement, whilk is to come furth under the commandement of my Lord Kirkcudbryt.

†b. A district under command. Obsolete.

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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun] > area over which jurisdiction exercised

land and ledeOE

regimenta1393

franchisea1400

right?a1400

obeisance1419

liberty?1435

English palec1453

palec1453

English palea1549

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Crown land1849

rulership1882

overseas territory1900

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. (1682) iv. 162 The Turkish Emperours divide the same [lands] in Timars or commandments leaving little or nothing at all to the ancient Inhabitants.

†6. Commanding situation. Also concrete in Fortification. = command n. 6. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 105 Within portes and places of commandiment, and whare that schippis mycht be arreisted.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Commandment..It is a Height of nine Foot, which one Place has over another. [So Bailey.]

†7.

a. Old Law. ‘The offence of inducing another to transgress the law’ (Wharton Law Lex.). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > inducing another to break law

commandment1613

1613 H. Finch Law (1636) 447 Such as are accused of receit of felons, of commandement, or force, or of aid in felonie done.

1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 65 Commandement is againe used for the offence of him that willeth another man to transgresse the Law.

†b. A summary order for committal to prison.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > writ > writs ordering imprisonment

commandment1590

commitment1646

committal1760

detainer1836

1590 R. Wilson Three Lords & Ladies Lond. i, in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1874) VI. 488 I have done none offence, though it please them to imprison me, and it is but on commandment.

1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 65 The commandement of the K. when by his meere motion, and from his owne mouth hee casteth any man into prison..or of the Justices: and this commandement of the Justices is either absolute or odinarie.

Compounds

commandment-breaking adj.

ΚΠ

1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 Sept. 3/1 If we should take it into our heads to do the commandment-breaking.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	commandment
释义	commandmentn. /kəˈmɑːndmənt//kəˈmandmənt/ Forms: α. Middle English comande-, comonde-, Middle English–1600s commandement, Middle English–1500s comaunde-, Middle English–1600s commaundement(e, (Middle English commaw(u)ndement, cummaundement, cummawndement, Middle English–1500s Scottish commandiment, commandyment); also β. Middle English– commandment, (Middle English cumand-, komaund-), Middle English comand-, Middle English comaund-, Middle English–1500s commaund-; and γ. Middle English comanment, co(m)mament, co(m)mamend. Etymology: < Old French com-, commandement (= Provençal comandamen , Italian commandamento ) < Latin type commandāmentum , < commandāre* : see command v. and -ment suffix. Originally 4 syllables; still so found in 16–17th cent. writers, and in 19th cent. dialect-speech from Scotland to west Somerset. But the trisyllabic form appeared already in 13th cent., and became prevalent in the literary language in 17–18th cent. In early times there was a tendency to put a stress on the first syllable, and weaken the second to -ăn-, -ă- as in the Cotton MS. of Cursor Mundi. Spenser has commandement (4 syllables); Shakepeare, lst Folio, the same 4 times, command'ment 6 times, commandment 3 times. Drummond has it of 4 syllables, Milton and Pope of 3. Compare the following examples:α. c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 67 But conseillyng is nat comandement.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 6481 Þis er comandementis ten.1556 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 249 No other commaundyment or procurement.1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iii. sig. Dd7^v So greatly his commandement they feare.a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. iv. 20 From him I haue expresse commandement.1822 R. Nares Gloss. Commandement, in four syllables. I think I have heard it so spoken by old persons.1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Commandiment..This pronunciation still prevails among the peasantry in S.1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Commanyment.[Commandement of 4 syllables in Scotch Psalms in Metre (made c1564), and still (1890) so sung.]β. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1084 Þemperours komaundment was kud al aboute.1483 Cath. Angl . 72 A Commaundment, mandatum.1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. iii. 136 The lawes of England are at my commandement.a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) ii. ii. 10 To the contrary I haue expresse commandment.1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 176 The first of all Commandments, Thou shalt worship The Lord thy God.γ. c1320 Seuyn Sages (W.) 3446 His cumandment bilyue was done.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 662 Þat ȝee ne brek mi commament.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 650 Þat dos her will mi commandment.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11720 His comanment was noght vndon. 1. a. An authoritative order or injunction; a precept given by authority. (archaic.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > a command wordOE behestc1175 commandmentc1250 precepta1325 mandementc1325 saw1338 hotea1350 biddinga1400 highta1400 judgementc1405 order1543 imperea1546 command1552 shall?1553 impery1561 mandate1576 mandition1597 imperative1606 fiata1631 mitzvah1723 order of the day1804 hukum1838 prikaz1858 society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > commandment or precept i-setnessec900 bibodc1000 lawa1225 commandmentc1250 lorea1300 preceptc1384 statutea1393 preception1620 rubric1891 c1250 Old Eng. Misc. 33 Se sergant dede þes lordes commandement. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xvi. 376 Whan the barons herde the commaundemente of the kyng. 1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth xl. sig. N.iii^v Augustyn saith he that doth not the commaundement of his physycyon doth kyll hym self. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) ii. ii. 10 To the contrary I haue expresse commandment . View more context for this quotation 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. iii. 180 Called by the express commandment of the king. 1868 H. H. Milman Ann. St. Paul's Cathedral x. 252 A commandment came for the Clergy..to meet at St. Paul's. †b. A commission or charge. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > [noun] > a commission given to anyone carkc1330 charge1393 commissionc1450 charche1534 credit1537 commandment1592 missure1615 assignmentc1848 commish1856 1592 W. West Symbolæogr.: 1st Pt. B j A Commaundement or Commission Mandatum is a contract by consent to do something gratis. 2. a. esp. A divine command. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Testament > Old Testament > [noun] > Mosaic dispensation > decalogue > one of commandmentc1325 weirda1400 statutec1430 law-word1645 command1667 c1325 Metr. Hom. 14 Crist gifes us wille His comandmenz to fulfille. c1440 York Myst. x. 245 To goddis cummaundement I sall enclyne. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xxvi. 5 Abraham..kept my charge, my Commandements, my Statutes and my Lawes. a1699 E. Stillingfleet Wks. IV. iii. (R.) A sincere..endeavour to please God and keep his commandments. 1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 154 The law is, ‘Do this always’; the commandment, ‘Do thou this now’. b. spec. (plural). The Ten Commandments or precepts of the Mosaic Decalogue.Often applied to the table or tables of these required by law to be publicly set up in English parish churches. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Testament > Old Testament > [noun] > Mosaic dispensation > decalogue lawc1000 Ten WordsOE Ten Commandmentsc1280 the ten preceptsa1325 Decalogue1382 testimony1535 command1608 society > faith > artefacts > furniture > other furniture > [noun] > table of commandments Ten Commandments1560 c1280 Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 16 Of þe x commandemens..þe first comondement is þis, O God we ssul honuri. 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 6056 Þat keped noght þe comandmentes ten. c1440 York Myst. xx. 139 Whilke callest þou þe firste comaundment? 1560 Queen Elizabeth I Let. in E. Cardwell Documentary Ann. Church Eng. No. lv To order that the tables of the commandments may be comlye set or hung up in the east end of the chauncell. 1561 in T. Wright Churchwardens' Accts. Ludlow (1869) 103 Paid for the table of commaundementes and the new kalender..xviijd. 1637 Bk. Common Prayer Church of Scotl. Communion Then shall the Presbyter, turning to the people, rehearse distinctly all the Ten Commandements. 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 88 An altar piece gilt and carved, with a glory and the king's arms above the commandments. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits vi. 107 They will let you break all the commandments, if you do it natively, and with spirit. c. Hence, the new commandment of Jesus Christ. ΚΠ 1534 Bible (Tyndale rev. Joye) John xiii. 34 A newe commaundement [ Wyclif maundement] geve I vnto you, that ye love togedder [Rhem. one an other], as I have loved you. d. Also used allusively of other sets of rules, implying that they take the place of the Decalogue: so, jestingly or ironically, the new commandment, the eleventh commandment. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > commandment or precept > one of a set of commandmenta1577 a1577 Gascoigne (title) The Wyll of the Deuyll; with his ten detestable Commaundementes, directed to his obedient and accursed chyldren. 1615 (title) Pope Paulus V..His Ten Commandments, given to Marquis Spinola, in English, together with the Dutch original. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Sept. 1/1 The new and great commandment that nothing succeeds like success. 1886 E. Lynn Linton Paston Carew iii He had learned the eleventh commandment [do not tell tales out of school] to the echo, and was the safest confidant to be found within the four seas. [The ‘eleventh commandment’ of modern cynicism is ‘Thou shalt not be found out’.] 3. slang. the ten commandments: the ten fingernails or ‘claws’ (esp. of a woman). In frequent use c1600; in modern writers chiefly after Shakespeare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > nail > [noun] > finger nail hand naileOE fingernaila1250 onglec1436 the ten commandments?1544 talons1594 unguicule1694 flesh-spades1749 ?1544 J. Heywood Foure PP sig. E.i^v I beseche hym that hye syttes, Thy wyfes .x. commaundementes may serch thy .v. wittes. 1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 i. iii. 145 Could I come neare your daintie vissage with my nayles, Ide set my ten commandments in your face. 1595 W. S. Lamentable Trag. Locrine iv. ii Fearing she would set her ten commandments in my face. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe v. sig. I Your Harpy..set his ten commandements vpon my backe. 1814 W. Scott Waverley II. vii. 125 I'll set my ten commandments in the face o' the first loon that lays a finger on him. View more context for this quotation 1830 F. Marryat King's Own II. xx. 322 I'll write the ten commandments on your face. 1843 H. W. Longfellow Spanish Student iii. v. 146 In with you, and be busy with the ten commandments, under the sly. †4. The action or fact of commanding; bidding, command. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] willeOE i-bodc888 bodea1000 hestc1000 bedec1175 bodewordc1175 device1307 commandmentc1386 assignment1393 hetec1394 commandinga1400 commissionc1400 willinga1425 mandament1442 behesting1582 command1611 assign1633 jussion1773 c1386 G. Chaucer Miller's Tale 106 Swoor..That she wol been at his comandement. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1303 I schal kysse at your comaundement. c1400 Mandeville Voiage & Travaile (1839) v. 43 Abraham departed, be Commandement of the Aungelle. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 45 Tears which they haue at commaundement. 1676 W. Hubbard Happiness of People 2 All their Brethren were at their Commandment. †5. a. Authority, sway, sovereignty, control; military command. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > [noun] wissingc1000 mandementc1325 commandance1452 conduct1530 conduction1551 commandment1592 command1594 society > armed hostility > military service > [noun] > leading or commanding leadingc1400 governailc1425 magistration1490 conducting1517 manred1528 conduct1530 manrentc1540 conduction1551 commandment1592 command1594 commandery1598 captaincy1850 officering1890 1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. T1^v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) The closet, wherof another hath both the key, vse and commandement. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique vii. xiii. 821 The commaundment or vse and profit of it [sc. woodland], are longer time in purchasing and more hardly come by, then that of corne and vines. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. vii. §2. 79 The Athenians, who affected the first commaundement in that warre. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. ii. 92 Haue I commandement on the pulse of life? View more context for this quotation 1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 13 July (1855) 15 Your own raigement, whilk is to come furth under the commandement of my Lord Kirkcudbryt. †b. A district under command. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun] > area over which jurisdiction exercised land and ledeOE regimenta1393 franchisea1400 right?a1400 obeisance1419 liberty?1435 English palec1453 palec1453 English palea1549 judgement1617 command1621 commandment1632 bourne1818 Crown land1849 rulership1882 overseas territory1900 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. (1682) iv. 162 The Turkish Emperours divide the same [lands] in Timars or commandments leaving little or nothing at all to the ancient Inhabitants. †6. Commanding situation. Also concrete in Fortification. = command n. 6. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 105 Within portes and places of commandiment, and whare that schippis mycht be arreisted. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Commandment..It is a Height of nine Foot, which one Place has over another. [So Bailey.] †7. a. Old Law. ‘The offence of inducing another to transgress the law’ (Wharton Law Lex.). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > inducing another to break law commandment1613 1613 H. Finch Law (1636) 447 Such as are accused of receit of felons, of commandement, or force, or of aid in felonie done. 1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 65 Commandement is againe used for the offence of him that willeth another man to transgresse the Law. †b. A summary order for committal to prison. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > writ > writs ordering imprisonment commandment1590 commitment1646 committal1760 detainer1836 1590 R. Wilson Three Lords & Ladies Lond. i, in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1874) VI. 488 I have done none offence, though it please them to imprison me, and it is but on commandment. 1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 65 The commandement of the K. when by his meere motion, and from his owne mouth hee casteth any man into prison..or of the Justices: and this commandement of the Justices is either absolute or odinarie. Compounds commandment-breaking adj. ΚΠ 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 Sept. 3/1 If we should take it into our heads to do the commandment-breaking. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1250
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