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School :: School (n.) The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age; as, he was a gentleman of the old school..

Example :: Example (n.) An instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept, especially a problem to be solved, or a case to be determined, as an exercise in the application of the rules of any study or branch of science; as, in trigonometry and grammar, the principles and rules are illustrated by examples..

Lesson :: Lesson (n.) That which is learned or taught by an express effort; instruction derived from precept, experience, observation, or deduction; a precept; a doctrine; as, to take or give a lesson in drawing..

Didascalic :: Didascalic (a.) Didactic; preceptive.

Regulation :: Regulation (n.) A rule or order prescribed for management or government; prescription; a regulating principle; a governing direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society or a school..

Attachable :: Attachable (a.) Capable of being attached; esp., liable to be taken by writ or precept..

Scholar :: Scholar (n.) One who attends a school; one who learns of a teacher; one under the tuition of a preceptor; a pupil; a disciple; a learner; a student.

Precept :: Precept (v. t.) To teach by precepts.

Decalogue :: Decalogue (n.) The Ten Commandments or precepts given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai, and originally written on two tables of stone..

Preceptress :: Preceptress (n.) A woman who is the principal of a school; a female teacher.

Mandatory :: Mandatory (a.) Containing a command; preceptive; directory.

Preceptor :: Preceptor (n.) The head of a preceptory among the Knights Templars.

Instruction :: Instruction (n.) Precept; information; teachings.

Prescription :: Prescription (n.) The act of prescribing, directing, or dictating; direction; precept; also, that which is prescribed..

Mohammedism :: Mohammedism (n.) The religion, or doctrines and precepts, of Mohammed, contained in the Koran; Islamism..

Posse Comitatus :: Posse comitatus () The power of the county, or the citizens who may be summoned by the sheriff to assist the authorities in suppressing a riot, or executing any legal precept which is forcibly opposed..

Commandment :: Commandment (n.) An order or injunction given by authority; a command; a charge; a precept; a mandate.

Preceptorial :: Preceptorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a preceptor.

Voice :: Voice (n.) Command; precept; -- now chiefly used in scriptural language.

Hest :: Hest (n.) Command; precept; injunction.

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