different between commandment vs maxim

English

Alternative forms

• commaundment, commandement (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English comaundement, from Old French comandement, from comander. See command.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??m??ndm?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k??mændm?nt/

Noun

commandment (countable and uncountable, plural commandments)

1. (religion) A divinely ordained command, especially one of the Ten Commandments.
2. (archaic) 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 expre??e commandment.

3. (obsolete) The act of commanding; exercise of authority.

   • Orl. Speake you ?o gently ? Pardon me I pray you,

     I thought that all things had bin ?auage heere,

     And therefore put I on the countenance

     Of ?terne command'ment.

4. (law) The offence of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman maxime and Middle French maxime, from Late Latin maxima (“axiom”), noun use of the feminine singular form of Latin maximus (apparently as used in the phrase pr?positi? maxima (“greatest premise”)). Doublet of maxima.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mæk.s?m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?mæk.s?m/, /?mæk.s?m/

Noun

maxim (plural maxims)

1. (now rare) A self-evident axiom or premise; a pithy expression of a general principle or rule.
2. A precept; a succinct statement or observation of a rule of conduct or moral teaching.
   • 1776, Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, page 768:

     In every age and country of the world men must have attended to the characters, designs, and actions of one another, and many reputable rules and maxims for the conduct of human life, must have been laid down and approved of by common consent.

Synonyms

• (precept, succinct statement): Synonym: aphorism, cliche, enthymeme, proverb, saying
• See also Thesaurus:saying

Derived terms

• maxim worker

Translations

See also

• adage
• aphorism
• apophthegm

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English maximum, French maximum, German Maximum, Italian massimo, Russian ????????? (máksimum), Spanish máximo. Regarded as a shortened form of maxime.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mak?sim/, /ma??zim/

Adverb

maxim

1. most

   Antonym: minim

Derived terms

See also

• plu
• min

Romanian

Etymology

From French maxime

Noun

maxim f (plural maximi)

1. maximum

Declension