Words similar to commandment

Example sentences for: commandment

How can you use “commandment” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Novak Outs Source: Robert Novak breaks a journalistic commandment on Capital Gang by revealing that Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox leaked information about his investigations to Novak and other reporters in background briefings 25 years ago.
The first commandment in the puzzlers' bible reads: Thou shalt not waste words.
Allow me a short digression on the commandment against killing to illustrate the phenomenon of a text that carries one meaning on its surface and a more radical meaning beneath.
A good example is the commandment in the Decalogue prohibiting homicide.
"I propose a new 12th Commandment," he says, playing off Reagan's 11th--Thou shalt not criticize a fellow Republican.