- commandment - something that is commanded
--1 is a kind of command, bid, bidding, dictation
--1 has particulars: Decalogue, Ten CommandmentsDerived form: verb command2 - teaching, precept, commandment - a doctrine that is taught; "the teachings of religion"; "he believed all the Christian precepts"
--2 is a kind of doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
--2 has particulars: Golden Rule; mitzvah, mitsvah