(decalogue)

  • 11Decalogue — • The term employed to designate the collection of precepts written on two tables of stone and given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Decalogue     Decalogue …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 12décalogue — DÉCALOGUE. subs. mas. Les dix Commandemens de Dieu, les dix Commandemens de la Loi donnée à Moïse. Les préceptes du Décalogue …

    Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • 13Decalogue — Ten Commandments, late 14c., from M.Fr. decalogue, from L. decalogus, from Greek, from the phrase hoi deka logoi used to translate Ten Commandments in Septuagint …

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  • 14decalogue — Decalogue. sub. m. Les dix commandements de Dieu. Les preceptes du decalogue …

    Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • 15Decalogue — Dec a*logue (?; 115), n. [F. d[ e]calogue, L. decalogus, fr. Gr. ?; de ka ten + ? speech, ? to speak, to say. See {Ten}.] The Ten Commandments or precepts given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai, and originally written on two tables of stone. [1913… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 16Decalogue — ► NOUN ▪ the Ten Commandments. ORIGIN from Greek dekalogos biblos book of the Ten Commandments …

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  • 17Decalogue — or Decalog [dek′ə lôg΄] n. [ME decaloge < LL(Ec) decalogus < Gr(Ec) dekalogos: see DECA & LOGUE] [sometimes d ] TEN COMMANDMENTS …

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  • 18Décalogue — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Les Dix Commandements et Décalogue (homonymie). Les 10 commandements en hébreu sur parchemin …

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  • 19Decalogue — (Dekalog, 1988)    A ten part series of contemporary television films directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski for the film studio Tor. Kieslowski s series is loosely inspired by the Ten Commandments, which are not illustrated but referred to in ten… …

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  • 20Decalogue — The Decalogue, also known as the Ten Commandments, is a list of religious and moral imperatives that, according to the Abrahamic religions, was given by God to the people of Israel. It occurs in two forms: Ethical Decalogue, the more familiar… …

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