The ten commandments

  • 1The Ten Commandments —     Ten Commandments     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Ten Commandments     Called also simply THE COMMANDMENTS, COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, or THE DECALOGUE (Gr. deka, ten, and logos, a word), the Ten Words of Sayings, the latter name generally applied …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 2(the) Ten Commandments — The Ten Commandments [The Ten Commandments] a US film (1956) which at the time was the most expensive ever made. It was directed by Cecil B De Mille, who had made a silent version of it in 1923. It tells the Bible story of Moses and was filmed in …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 3The Ten Commandments — Commandment Com*mand ment, n. [OF. commandement, F. commandement.] 1. An order or injunction given by authority; a command; a charge; a precept; a mandate. [1913 Webster] A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another. John xiii. 34 …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4Commandments of God (The Ten Commandments) — • The fundamental obligations of religion and morality and embodying the revealed expression of the Creator s will in relation to man s whole duty to God and to his fellow creatures Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 5The Ten Commandments (1956 film) — Infobox Film | name =The Ten Commandments caption =1956 original movie poster director = Cecil B. DeMille producer = Cecil B. DeMille writer = J.H. Ingraham (novel Pillar of Fire ) A.E. Southon (novel On Eagle s Wing ) Dorothy Clarke Wilson… …

    Wikipedia

  • 6The Ten Commandments (2007 film) — Infobox Film name = The Ten Commandments caption = Theatrical poster director = John Stronach Bill Boyce producer = writer = Ed Naha narrator = Ben Kingsley starring = Elliot Gould Christian Slater Alfred Molina music = cinematography = editing …

    Wikipedia

  • 7The Ten Commandments (1923 film) — Infobox Film name = The Ten Commandments caption = amg id = 1:49010 imdb id = 0014532 director = Cecil B. DeMille producer = Cecil B. DeMille writer = Jeanie MacPherson starring = Theodore Roberts Charles De Roche Estelle Taylor Richard Dix Julia …

    Wikipedia

  • 8The Ten Commandments (TV series) — Infobox Television Film name = The Ten Commandments format = Action writer = Ron Hutchinson starring = Dougray Scott Naveen Andrews Omar Sharif Linus Roache Paul Rhys director = Robert Dornhelm producer = Bernard Dudek Robert Halmi Sr. Paul Lowin …

    Wikipedia

  • 9The Ten Commandments (Malevolent Creation album) — Infobox Album Name = The Ten Commandments Type = studio Artist = Malevolent Creation Released = April 24, 1991 Recorded = Genre = Death metal Length = 38:17 Label = Roadrunner Producer = Scott Burns Reviews = Last album = This album = The Ten… …

    Wikipedia

  • 10(the) ten commandments —    scratches by a woman s fingernails    When she says to a man Thou shalt not :     Could I come near your beauty with my nails,    I d set my ten commandments in your face.    (Shakeapeare, 2 Henry V7)    In occasional modern use it may refer… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms