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[ pree -sept ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈpri sɛpt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a commandment or direction given as a rule of action or conduct.
an injunction as to moral conduct; maxim.
a procedural directive or rule, as for the performance of some technical operation.
Law . a writ or warrant. a written order issued pursuant to law, as a sheriff's order for an election. Origin of precept 1300–50; Middle English <Latin praeceptum piece of advice, rule, noun use of neuter of praeceptus, past participle of praecipere to direct, foresee, literally, to take beforehand, equivalent to prae- pre- + -cep-, combining form of capere to take + -tus past participle suffix
SYNONYMS FOR precept 1 directive, order, guide, instruction, prescription.
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Example sentences from the Web for precept Ironically, this is the one precept on which liberals and conservatives agree.
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You want to advocate for including a precept of Jewish law in civil or criminal law?
A Hebrew Democratic State for All Its Citizens | Bernard Avishai| October 3, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Many think this a precept of natural law; why not of the Constitution?
Scalia Reverses Scalia | Noah Kristula-Green| July 3, 2012| DAILY BEAST
Likewise our second precept remained beyond discussion; direct open contact with humanity.
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We teach them every day by example, if not by precept , and example is the teacher whose lessons are followed easiest.
Broken Bread | Thomas Champness
It was a real case of line upon line, and precept upon precept .
Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] | J. Ewing Ritchie
It is not to be supposed that because the person treated of be evil, therefore the precept will be evil.
Thackeray | Anthony Trollope
If this is all they have to say, why then we would remind them that the meaning of the precept is the precept .
Cotton is King and The Pro-Slavery Arguments | Various
He was determined that the son should do better than himself, being willing to furnish the precept , if not the example.
Beethoven | George Alexander Fischer
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British Dictionary definitions for precept noun a rule or principle for action
a guide or rule for morals; maxim
a direction, esp for a technical operation
law a writ or warrant a written order to a sheriff to arrange an election, the empanelling of a jury, etc (in England) an order to collect money under a rate Word Origin for precept C14: from Latin praeceptum maxim, injunction, from praecipere to admonish, from prae before + capere to take
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