ethical Ten Commandments

English

Proper noun

ethical Ten Commandments

1. Two of the three lists of religious and moral imperatives called the Ten Commandments which, according to the Hebrew Bible, were given to Moses on Mount Sinai in the form of two stone tablets. These lists include both ritual and moral imperatives, as opposed to the third, which includes mostly ritual imperatives.

Synonyms

• Ethical Decalogue

Antonyms

• ritual Ten Commandments