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11th commandments

11th commandments is the plural of 11th commandment.

Meaning of 11th commandment

Noun

11th commandment (plural 11th commandments)

  1. (idiomatic) A well-known convention (often the most well-known of a certain field) which supposedly can not or should not be broken.
    • A “hood,” he said, isn’t necessarily a neighborhood, adding that the same culture is seen on Wall Street, “where the 11th commandment is ‘Thou shalt not get caught.’ ”2016 September 29, Cathy Locke, “Philosopher Cornel West calls honesty, integrity ‘countercultural’”, in The Sacramento Bee, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2018

Noun capitalized: 11th Commandments

11th Commandments

  1. (plural) plural of 11th Commandment

Questions about 11th commandments

What is 11th commandments the plural of?
11th commandments is the plural of 11th commandment.
What part of speech is 11th commandments?
11th commandments is a noun.

Words near 11th commandments in the dictionary

  1. 11D chess
  2. 11s
  3. 11th
  4. 11th Cir.
  5. 11th commandment
  6. 11th commandments
  7. 11th grade
  8. 11th grader
  9. 11th graders
  10. 11th hour
  11. 11th hours

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