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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
a belief, adage, ana, analects, aphorism, apophthegm, apothegm, article of faith, axiom, behest, bench warrant, bidding, byword, canon, capias, catchword, caveat, charge, code, collected sayings, commandment, current saying, death warrant, decree, decretum, dictate, dictum, direction, directive, distich, doctrine, dogma, edict, epigram, expression, fiat, fieri facias, fundamental, general orders, gnome, golden saying, guide, guideline, habere facias possessionem, injunction, instruction, interdict, law, mandamus, mandate, mandatory injunction, maxim, mittimus, moral, mot, motto, nisi prius, notice, notification, oracle, order, ordinance, phrase, pithy saying, prescript, prescription, principle, process, prohibitory injunction, proverb, proverbial saying, proverbs, regulation, rule, saw, saying, search warrant, sentence, sententious expression, slogan, sloka, statute, stock saying, sutra, teaching, tenet, text, ukase, unwritten law, verse, warrant, warrant of arrest, warrant of attorney, wisdom, wisdom literature, wise saying, witticism, word, words of wisdom, writ |
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Dictionary Results for precept: |
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
precept
n 1: rule of personal conduct [syn: principle, precept]
2: a doctrine that is taught; "the teachings of religion"; "he
believed all the Christian precepts" [syn: teaching,
precept, commandment]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Precept \Pre"cept\, v. t.
To teach by precepts. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Precept \Pre"cept\, n. [L. praeceptum, from praecipere to take
beforehand, to instruct, teach; prae before + capere to take:
cf. F. pr['e]cepte. See Pre-, and Capacious.]
1. Any commandment, instruction, or order intended as an
authoritative rule of action; esp., a command respecting
moral conduct; an injunction; a rule.
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For precept must be upon precept. --Isa. xxviii.
10.
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No arts are without their precepts. --Dryden.
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2. (Law) A command in writing; a species of writ or process.
--Burrill.
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Syn: Commandment; injunction; mandate; law; rule; direction;
principle; maxim. See Doctrine.
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4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
PRECEPT. A writ directed to the sheriff or other officer, commanding him to
do something. The term is derived from the operative praecipimus, we
command.
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