Decalogue
Meanings
name
- The Ten Commandments.
noun
- Any set of rules that have the weight of authority
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of Decalogue.
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Etymology
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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