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Dictum vs Commandment - What's the difference?

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Dictum is a related term of commandment.


As nouns the difference between dictum and commandment

is that dictum is an authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm while commandment is one of the ten commandments.

dictum

English

(wikipedia dictum)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm.
  • * 1949 , Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart, (Earth Abides)
    • ...a dictum which he had heard an economics professor once propound...
  • A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it.
  • The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it.
  • An arbitrament or award.
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    commandment

    English

    Alternative forms

    * commaundment (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that must be obeyed; a command or edict.
  • * Bible, John xiii. 34
    • A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another.
  • The act of commanding; exercise of authority.
  • * Shakespeare
    • And therefore put I on the countenance / Of stern commandment .
  • (legal) The offence of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.