Definition of precept

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

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Preceptory :: Preceptory (n.) A religious house of the Knights Templars, subordinate to the temple or principal house of the order in London. See Commandery, n., 2..
Document :: Document (n.) That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.
Preceptial :: Preceptial (a.) 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..
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..
Preceptorial :: Preceptorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a preceptor.
Mnemonics :: Mnemonics (n.) The art of memory; a system of precepts and rules intended to assist the memory; artificial memory.
Didascalic :: Didascalic (a.) Didactic; preceptive.
Return :: Return (n.) The certificate of an officer stating what he has done in execution of a writ, precept, etc., indorsed on the document..
Breve :: Breve (n.) Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court..
Rite :: Rite (n.) The act of performing divine or solemn service, as established by law, precept, or custom; a formal act of religion or other solemn duty; a solemn observance; a ceremony; as, the rites of freemasonry..
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..
Preceptress :: Preceptress (n.) A woman who is the principal of a school; a female teacher.
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..
Instructress :: Instructress (n.) A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess.
Preceptor :: Preceptor (n.) The head of a preceptory among the Knights Templars.
Decalogue :: Decalogue (n.) The Ten Commandments or precepts given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai, and originally written on two tables of stone..
Discipleship :: Discipleship (n.) The state of being a disciple or follower in doctrines and precepts.
Order :: Order (n.) A command; a mandate; a precept; a direction.
Commandment :: Commandment (n.) An order or injunction given by authority; a command; a charge; a precept; a mandate.
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