precept

'precept' in Webster

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Pre"cept  , v. t. To teach by precepts. [Obs.]

Bacon.
 
Pre"cept   (?), n. [L. praeceptum, from
praecipere to take beforehand, to instruct, teach; prae
before + capere to take: cf. F. précepte.
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.
 
For
precept must be upon precept.
 Isa. xxviii. 10.
No arts are without their
precepts.
 Dryden.
 2.
(Law) A command in writing; a species of writ or process. Burrill.
 Syn. -- Commandment; injunction; mandate; law; rule; direction; principle; maxim. See Doctrine.

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