decalogue

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English

Noun

decalogue (plural decalogues)

  1. Alternative spelling of Decalogue
    • 1959, John Knowles, chapter 5, in A Separate Peace:
      It was only a feeling he had, and at this moment he must have been formulating a new commandment in his personal decalogue: Never accuse a friend of a crime if you only have a feeling he did it.

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