preceptoraladj.
/prᵻˈsɛpt(ə)rəl/, /prᵻˈsɛpt(ə)rl̩/, U.S. /ˈpriˌsɛpt(ə)rəl/ = preceptorial adj.
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teacherlya1683
preceptorial1702
preceptoral1787
sub-preceptorial1847
instructorial1859
magistral1878
1787 R. Bage Fair Syrian I. 59 It is necessary I redouble my preceptoral cares.
c1847 B. Barton Sel. Poems & Ballads (1849) 46 Free from all restraint, save that of parental or preceptoral authority and affection.
1879 Times 20 Nov. 11/2 A normal school with an efficient preceptoral staff, capital lecture-rooms, and appliances attracts 100 young people of both sexes.
1941 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 12 127/1 There has been added experimentation with honors courses, independent study plans, tutorial methods, preceptoral methods, non-credit courses.
1987 Polit. Q. 58 251 Charles Lindblom calls the relationships on which it depends ‘preceptoral’,..but they could equally well be called ‘persuasive’, ‘educational’ or even ‘moral’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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