commandement

French

noun
Definitions
  • command, order
  • (similitude) commandment; rule or law imposed by a superior power (as in the 10 commandments)
  • (metonymie) authority, power to command, to give orders; command (in this second, figurative sense)

Etymology

Suffix from French commander.

Origin

French

commander

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