单词 | preceptual |
释义 | preceptualadj. = preceptial adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > [adjective] > relating to or conveying precepts preceptial1600 preceptual1860 society > authority > control > [adjective] > regulating > according to regulation or rule preceptial1600 reglementary1800 preceptual1860 rule book1917 1860 T. Lewis Divine Human in Script. xviii. 331 The Sermon on the Mount..has a preceptual, ethical form. 1905 P. T. Forsyth in Hibbert Jrnl. Oct. 69 We leave the intellectualist and preceptual notion of revelation behind us. 1975 J. I. M. Stewart Young Patullo ii. 39 ‘Acknowledge your own abilities soberly as you go along, Duncan. It's a good rule in life.’.. He was fond of delivering himself of preceptual wisdom in this way. 1999 E. M. Makowski & K. M. Wilson Wykked Wyves Introd. 9 Tracts of philosophic misogamy..are preceptual and authoritative and contain catalogues only of exempla in malo concerning marital tribulations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1860 |
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