'Precept' definitions:
Definition of 'precept'
(from WordNet)
noun
Rule of personal conduct [syn: principle, precept]
noun
A doctrine that is taught; "the teachings of religion"; "he believed all the Christian precepts" [syn: teaching, precept, commandment]
Definition of 'Precept'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- For precept must be upon precept. --Isa. xxviii. 10. [1913 Webster]
- No arts are without their precepts. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) A command in writing; a species of writ or process. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Commandment; injunction; mandate; law; rule; direction; principle; maxim. See Doctrine. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Precept'
From: GCIDE
- Precept \Pre"cept\, v. t. To teach by precepts. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'precept'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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