maundement

Middle English

Alternative forms

• mandement, mawndement, maundment, mawndmente, mandment

Etymology

From Old French mandement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmau̯nd(i)mɛnt/, /ˈmand(i)mɛnt/

Noun

maundement (plural maundementes)

1. The entirety of a religion's law or strictures.
2. A rule which forms part of a religion's strictures.
   • 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. A directive or order (especially a governmental or legal one)
4. (rare) Authorisation, permission.
5. (rare) The act of rule; control.

Descendants

• English: mandement, mandment (obsolete)

References

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