Decalogue

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Decalogue
       n : the biblical commandments of Moses [syn: {Ten Commandments}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "decalogue":
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     business ethics, code, code of ethics, code of morals, ethic,
     ethical system, ethics, ethos, legal ethics, medical ethics,
     moral climate, moral code, moral principles, morals, new morality,
     norm, normative system, principles, professional ethics,
     social ethics, standards, value system
  
  

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.