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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Decalogue \Dec"a*logue\ (?; 115), n. [F. d['e]calogue, L. decalogus, fr Gr ?; de`ka ten + ? speech, ? to speak, to say See {Ten}.] The Ten Commandments or precepts given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai, and originally written on two tables of stone. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Decalogue n : the biblical commandments of Moses [syn: {Decalogue}, {Ten Commandments}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Decalogue the name given by the Greek fathers to the ten commandments; "the ten words," as the original is more literally rendered (Ex. 20:3-17). These commandments were at first written on two stone slabs (31:18), which were broken by Moses throwing them down on the ground (32:19). They were written by God a second time (34:1). The decalogue is alluded to in the New Testament five times (Matt. 5:17, 18, 19; Mark 10:19; Luke 18:20; Rom. 7:7, 8; 13:9; 1 Tim. 1:9, 10). These commandments have been divided since the days of Origen the Greek father, as they stand in the Confession of all the Reformed Churches except the Lutheran. The division adopted by Luther, and which has ever since been received in the Lutheran Church, makes the first two commandments one and the third the second and so on to the last which is divided into two "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house" being ranked as ninth and "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife," etc., the tenth (See {COMMANDMENTS}.) From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: DECALOGUE, n. A series of commandments, ten in number -- just enough to permit an intelligent selection for observance, but not enough to embarrass the choice. Following is the revised edition of the Decalogue, calculated for this meridian. Thou shalt no God but me adore: 'Twere too expensive to have more No images nor idols make For Robert Ingersoll to break. Take not God's name in vain; select A time when it will have effect. Work not on Sabbath days at all But go to see the teams play ball. Honor thy parents. That creates For life insurance lower rates. Kill not abet not those who kill; Thou shalt not pay thy butcher's bill. Kiss not thy neighbor's wife, unless Thine own thy neighbor doth caress Don't steal; thou'lt never thus compete Successfully in business. Cheat. Bear not false witness -- that is low -- But "hear 'tis rumored so and so." Cover thou naught that thou hast not By hook or crook, or somehow, got G.J.
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