comaundement

Middle English

Alternative forms

• comaundment, comandement, comandment, comanment, comament, comawndment, comondement, comoundement, commaundement, commandement, commandmend, commawndement, commawment, commondment, commowndment, cumandement

Etymology

From Old French comandement; equivalent to comaunden +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˌmau̯nd(i)ˈmɛnt/, /kuˌmand(i)ˈmɛnt/, /kɔ-/
• (with stress retraction) IPA^(key): /kuˈmau̯nd(i)mɛnt/, /kuˈmand(i)mɛnt/, /kɔ-/

Noun

comaundement (plural comaundementes)

1. directive, order, request
2. law, rule, principle
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎^[1], published c. 1410, Joon ·i· 5:3, page 115v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     foꝛ þis is þe charite of god .· þat we kepe hiſe comaundementis / ⁊ his maundementis ben not heuy.

     Now this is the love of God: us keeping his commandments. And his commandments aren't onerous.

3. control, authority, rule

Descendants

• English: commandment

References

• “commaundement, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2020-01-12.