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Decalogue

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Dec·a·logue or Dec·a·log  (dk-lôg, -lg)
n.
1. Bible The Ten Commandments.
2. A fundamental set of rules having authoritative weight.

[Middle English decalog, from Late Latin decalogus, from Greek dekalogos : deka, ten; see dek in Indo-European roots + logos, word, pronouncement; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]

Decalogue
Noun
same as Ten Commandments [Greek deka ten + logos word]
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Noun1.DecalogueDecalogue - the biblical commandments of Moses  


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The second section includes three reflections on the Decalogue in relationship to contemporary society, treating the law "as gift," examining the relationship between biblical law and the origins of democracy, and asking whether the Ten Commandments should be mounted in the public realm (No, says ethicist Nancy Duff).
Legislators in Louisiana wanted to pass a bill allowing for the display of the Ten Commandments in government buildings but weren't sure which version of the Decalogue to endorse.
So while commandments from the second half of the Decalogue are included (2.
 
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