commandment (n.)

• behest
• bidding
• canon
• code
• command
• convention
• dictate
• dictation
• dictum
• form
• formula
• guideline
• hest
• imperative
• law
• maxim
• mitzvah
• moral
• norm
• order
• ordinance
• pleasure
• principle
• regulation
• rubric
• rule
• say-so
• standard
• tenet
• will
• word