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comdt

comdt is the abbreviation of commandment.

comdt is the abbreviation of commandant.

Meaning of commandment

Noun

commandment (countable and uncountable, plural commandments)

  1. A divinely ordained command, especially one of the Ten Commandments.
    • A new commandement I giue vnto you, That yee loue one another, as I haue loued you, that yee alſo loue one another.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 13:34
  2. (archaic, humorous) Something that must be obeyed; a command or edict.
    • Pau. Pray you then, / Conduct me to the Queene. / Gao. I may not (Madam) / To the contrary I haue expreſſe commandment.c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  3. The offence of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.
  4. (obsolete) The act of commanding; exercise of authority.
    • To rule, is vnderſtoode to haue the higheſt and ſupreme authoritie of commaundement.1562–1565 (date written), Thomas Smyth [i.e., Thomas Smith], “Of the Diuersities of Common Wealthes or Gouernement”, in De Republica Anglorum. The Maner of Gouernement or Policie of the Realme of...

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Meaning of commandant

Noun

commandant (plural commandants)

  1. A commanding officer, usually of a specific force or division.
  2. A military rank equivalent to major used in some countries, especially when derived from French usage.
  3. (South Africa, historical) lieutenant-colonel

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Forms of comdt

pluralcomdts

Questions about comdt

What is comdt the abbreviation of?
Comdt is the abbreviation of commandment.

Words near comdt in the dictionary

  1. comdg
  2. comdr
  3. Comdr.
  4. comdrs
  5. comds
  6. comdt
  7. comdts
  8. come
  9. come 'ead
  10. come 'ed
  11. come a cropper

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Adapted from Wiktionary: comdt (page history and authors); commandment (page history and authors); commandant (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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