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

plural of commanding officer

A commanding officer.

plural of commanding general

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

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

plural of command performance

(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.

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

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