(military) The command hierarchy or structure in which one rank obeys the one above it, which obeys the one above it, and so forth.

A commanding officer.

plural of commanding officer

plural of commanding general

(Christianity) Jesus Christ's exhortation to "love one another", part of the final instructions given to his disciples after the Last Supper.

The officer in command of, and typically having ultimate authority over, a military unit.

plural of command performance

(law) The principle by which someone can be legally culpable for crimes committed by those under their control.

(Islam) Arabic title of caliphs and other independent sovereign Muslim rulers who claim legitimacy from a community of Muslims.

(Synergistic Kinesiology) A negative, suppressive command knowingly or unknowingly installed by a second person in the right Wernicke's area of a person's brain. It is worded from the point of view of the second person, who originally said it.