commandment

noun4

1. •
   A divinely ordained command, especially one of the Ten Commandments.

   • A new commandement I giue vnto you, That yee loue one another, as I haue loued you, that yee also loue one another. — 1611
2. •
   The offence of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.
3. •
   (humorous, no longer used) Something that must be obeyed; a command or edict.

   • Pau. Pray you then, / Conduct me to the Queene. / Gao. I may not (Madam) / To the contrary I haue expresse commandment. — 1610
4. •
   (no longer used) The act of commanding; exercise of authority.

   • To rule, is vnderstoode to haue the highest and supreme authoritie of commaundement. — 1562