Commandment

1. An order or injunction given by authority; a command; a charge; a precept; a mandate.
2. (Script.) One of the ten laws or precepts given by God to the Israelites at Mount Sinai.
3. The act of commanding; exercise of authority.
4. (Law) The offense of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.
The Commandments, The Ten Commandments ,
the Decalogue, or summary of God's commands, given to Moses at Mount Sinai. (Ex. xx.)