Commandments
Rules and commandments are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rules" instead a noun "Commandments".
Rules
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Both words in one sentence
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Van Dine's 20 rules were featured shortly in EP7, but only a few of them were used, as the gameboard probably doesn't follow those commandments.
Source: The Commandments - While Bane revels in conquest and power, one of his prime commandments is to ALWAYS obey the rules of war.
- The player never knows too little, and the mystery always maintains "the basic rules" despite breaking all the fundamental commandments.
Source: Fair-Play Whodunnit
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Rules and Commandments. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/commandments/rules
Commandments & Rules. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/commandments/rules>.
Rules or Commandments. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/commandments/rules.
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