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Definition of Precept

1. Noun. Rule of personal conduct.

2. Noun. A doctrine that is taught. "He believed all the Christian precepts"

Definition of Precept

1. n. Any commandment, instruction, or order intended as an authoritative rule of action; esp., a command respecting moral conduct; an injunction; a rule.

2. v. t. To teach by precepts.

Definition of Precept

1. Noun. A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct. ¹

2. Noun. (legal) A written command, especially a demand for payment. ¹

3. Verb. (obsolete) To teach by precepts. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Precept

1. a rule of conduct [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Precept

precent precented precenting precentor precentorial precentors precentorship precentorships precentour precentral

precentral gyrus precentrix precents precepit precepits precept (current term) precepted preceptial precepting preception

preceptions preceptive preceptor preceptorial preceptorials preceptories preceptors preceptorship preceptorships preceptory

Literary usage of Precept

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1871)
"... be ane precept of the date ACCOUNTS, Marche, TOWN the xv of Marche 1552, ... to Agnes Kincaid be ane precept datit the xj of Maij, . iiij" Item, ..."

2. A Practical Treatise on the Criminal Law: Comprising the Practice, Pleadings by Joseph Chitty (1819)
"He, or his under-sheriff, ought also to attend the justices, at their general sessions of the peace, to return the precept and to take charge of prisoners, ..."

3. The Genesis of the United States: A Narrative of the Movement in England by Alexander Brown (1890)
"precept OF THE LORD MAYOR. The precept of the Lord Mayor of London to the London Companies. "To the Masters and Wardens of the Companie of [Merchants to ..."

4. The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer by Richard Burn (1820)
"o this precept. Given under our seals, at A. in the county aforesaid, ... Wlien the sheriff hath received this precept lie must direct several warrants to ..."

5. Ethics: Or, Moral Philosophy by Walter Henry Hill (1884)
"The question, is there one most universal precept of the natural law, ... There is such precept of the natural law, and it is, " Do good and avoid evil. ..."

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