Sixth Commandment

proper noun

The Commandment that states that killing a human being is a sin; commonly recited as "You shall not murder", "You shall not kill" or "Thou shalt not kill".

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative sixth commandment

  1. The Commandment that states that killing a human being is a sin; commonly recited as "You shall not murder", "You shall not kill" or "Thou shalt not kill".

    "And you're not going to kill anybody?" "Hay, this is your dad," I said, a little hurt. "Sixth commandment, remember?" It didn't mention anything about near-killing.

    2011, Mitchell Creepo, Heaven is a Deal, eBookIt.com, →ISBN, page 22
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    Long before, in the great controversy over smallpox inoculation, he was said to have been an anticlerical heretic who violated the Sixth Commandment and deserved to be stuck in the pillory; [...]

    1968, Bernard Bailyn, The origins of American politics, reprint edition, Knopf, page 60

Translations

Portuguese Sexto Mandamento
  • Sexto Mandamentothe Commandment against murder
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Chicago

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