ritual Ten Commandments

English

Proper noun

ritual Ten Commandments

1. One of the three lists of religious and moral imperatives called the Ten Commandments which, according to the Hebrew Bible, were given to Moses on Mount Sinai in the form of two stone tablets. This list includes mostly ritual imperatives, as opposed to the other two, which include both ritual and moral imperatives.

Synonyms

• Ritual Decalogue

Antonyms

• ethical Ten Commandments