| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Decalogue |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Dec·a·logue |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d k  -lôg , -l g |
| VARIANT FORMS: | or Dec·a·log |
| NOUN: | 1. Bible The Ten Commandments. 2. A fundamental set of rules having authoritative weight. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English decalog, from Late Latin decalogus, from Greek dekalogos : deka, ten; see dek in Appendix I + logos, word, pronouncement; see leg- in Appendix I.
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