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Prescript :: Prescript (n.) Direction; precept; model prescribed.

Preceptor :: Preceptor (n.) One who gives commands, or makes rules; specifically, the master or principal of a school; a teacher; an instructor..

Christianity :: Christianity (n.) The religion of Christians; the system of doctrines and precepts taught by Christ.

Obedience :: Obedience (n.) The written precept of a superior in a religious order or congregation to a subject.

Teach :: Teach (v. i.) To give instruction; to follow the business, or to perform the duties, of a preceptor..

Mittimus :: Mittimus (n.) A precept or warrant granted by a justice for committing to prison a party charged with crime; a warrant of commitment to prison.

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

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

Apophthegm :: Apophthegm (n.) A short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim..

Preceptive :: Preceptive (a.) Containing or giving precepts; of the nature of precepts; didactic; as, the preceptive parts of the Scriptures..

Commandery :: Commandery (n.) A district or a manor with lands and tenements appertaining thereto, under the control of a member of an order of knights who was called a commander; -- called also a preceptory..

Discipleship :: Discipleship (n.) The state of being a disciple or follower in doctrines and precepts.

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..

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

Return :: Return (n.) The certificate of an officer stating what he has done in execution of a writ, precept, etc., indorsed on the document..

Teach :: Teach (v. t.) To direct, as an instructor; to manage, as a preceptor; to guide the studies of; to instruct; to inform; to conduct through a course of studies; as, to teach a child or a class..

Rule :: Rule (a.) That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a regulation; a prescription; a precept; as, the rules of various societies; the rules governing a school; a rule of etiquette or propriety; the rules of cricket..

Warrant :: Warrant (n.) A precept issued by a magistrate authorizing an officer to make an arrest, a seizure, or a search, or do other acts incident to the administration of justice..

Sutra :: Sutra (n.) A precept; an aphorism; a brief rule.

Return :: Return (n.) The rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or execution, to the proper officer or court..

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