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Decalogue

Dec·a·logue [ dékə lòg ]


noun 
Definition:
 
bible 
Same as  Ten Commandments


[14th century. Directly or via French< ecclesiastical Latin decalogus< Greek dekalogos (biblos) "(book of) ten pronouncements" < deka "ten" + logos "word, pronouncement"]
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