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eleventh commandment

eleventh commandment is the alternative form 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: Eleventh Commandment

Eleventh Commandment (plural Eleventh Commandments)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of 11th commandment.

Forms of eleventh commandment

pluraleleventh commandments
pluralEleventh Commandments

Questions about eleventh commandment

What is eleventh commandment the alternative form of?
Eleventh commandment is the alternative form of 11th commandment.
What part of speech is eleventh commandment?
Eleventh commandment is a noun.
What is the plural of eleventh commandment?
The plural of eleventh commandment is eleventh commandments.

Words near eleventh commandment in the dictionary

  1. elevensome
  2. elevensomes
  3. eleventeen
  4. eleventeenth
  5. eleventh
  6. eleventh commandment
  7. eleventh commandments
  8. eleventh cranial nerve
  9. eleventh grade
  10. eleventh grader
  11. eleventh graders

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