Commandments

/kəˈmændmənts/ noun

Official orders or rules that must be obeyed, especially the ten rules from the Bible that form the foundation of Judeo-Christian morality.

From Old French 'commandement,' derived from Latin 'commandare' (to entrust, to command). The famous 'Ten Commandments' were established in Judeo-Christian tradition as divinely given laws.

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