Golden rule Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun any important rule
- the golden rule of teaching is to be clear
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noun a command based on Jesus' words in the Sermon on the Mount
- Whatsoever ye would that men do unto you, do you even so unto them" (Matthew 7:12)
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(a) The rule of doing as we would have others do to us. Cf. Luke vi. 31.(b) The rule of proportion, or rule of three.
