All commandment synonyms

noun commandment

• precept — a commandment or direction given as a rule of action or conduct.
• edict — a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
• order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
• rule — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
• mitzvah — any of the collection of 613 commandments or precepts in the Bible and additional ones of rabbinic origin that relate chiefly to the religious and moral conduct of Jews.
• law — software law