decalogue

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UK/ˈdɛkəlɒɡ/

proper noun

The Ten Commandments.

OriginMiddle French Décalogue ← Latin decalogus ← Ancient Greek δεκάλογος →
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Meanings

decalogue1

noundecalogue (plural decalogues)

plural decalogues

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Decalogue.

    It was only a feeling he had, and at this moment he must have been formulating a new commandment in his personal decalogue: Never accuse a friend of a crime if you only have a feeling he did it.

    1959, John Knowles, chapter 5, in A Separate Peace

Decalogue2

proper noun
  1. The Ten Commandments.
nounDecalogue (plural Decalogues)

plural Decalogues

  1. Any set of rules that have the weight of authority

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
ten commandments

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekδεκάλογος
  2. Latindecalogus
  3. Middle FrenchDécalogue
  4. EnglishDecalogue

Borrowed from Middle French Décalogue, from Latin decalogus, from Ancient Greek δεκάλογος (dekálogos, from δέκα (déka, “ten”) + λόγος (lógos, “statement”)). Equivalent to deca- + -logue.

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Translations

Catalan decàleg
  • decàlegset of rules
Finnish käskyt
  • käskytset of rules
French décalogue
  • décalogueset of rules
Greek δεκάλογος
  • δεκάλογος (dekálogos)set of rules
Italian decalogo
  • decalogoset of rules
Polish dekalog
  • dekalogset of rules
Portuguese decálogo
  • decálogoset of rules
Spanish decálogo
  • decálogoset of rules
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APA

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Chicago

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