Thesaurus: precept

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1. v. t. To teach by precepts.
2. n. rule of personal conduct
3. n. a doctrine that is taught
4. 1. Any commandment, instruction, or order intended as an authoritative rule of action; esp., a command respecting moral conduct; an injunction; a rule. For precept must be upon precept. Isa. xxviii. 10. No arts are without their precepts. Dryden. 2. (Law) A command in writing; a species of writ or process. Burrill. Syn. -- Commandment; injunction; mandate; law; rule; direction; principle; maxim. See Doctrine. To teach by precepts. [Obs.] Bacon.
5. A command in writing; a species of writ or process. Burrill.
6. n:100 n rule of personal conduct n a doctrine that is taught