comaundement

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French comandement; equivalent to comaunden + -ment.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuˌmau̯nd(i)ˈmɛnt/, /kuˌmand(i)ˈmɛnt/, /kɔ-/
  • (with stress retraction) IPA(key): /kuˈmau̯nd(i)mɛnt/, /kuˈmand(i)mɛnt/, /kɔ-/

Noun

comaundement (plural comaundementes)

  1. directive, order, request
  2. law, rule, principle
    • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Joon ·i· 5:3, page 115v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
      foꝛ þis is þe charite of god .· þat we kepe hiſe comaundementis / ⁊ his maundementis ben not heuy.
      Now this is the love of God: us keeping his commandments. And his commandments aren't onerous.
  3. control, authority, rule

Descendants

  • English: commandment

References

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