Definition of precept

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

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Hest :: Hest (n.) Command; precept; injunction.
Discipleship :: Discipleship (n.) The state of being a disciple or follower in doctrines and precepts.
Returnable :: Returnable (a.) Legally required to be returned, delivered, given, or rendered; as, a writ or precept returnable at a certain day; a verdict returnable to the court..
Return :: Return (n.) The rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or execution, to the proper officer or court..
Disgospel :: Disgospel (v. i.) To be inconsistent with, or act contrary to, the precepts of the gospel; to pervert the gospel..
Precept :: Precept (v. t.) To teach by precepts.
Warranty :: Warranty (n.) Justificatory mandate or precept; authority; warrant.
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.
Instructress :: Instructress (n.) A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess.
Voice :: Voice (n.) Command; precept; -- now chiefly used in scriptural language.
Attach :: Attach (v. t.) To take by legal authority: (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a taking of the person by a civil process; being now rarely used for the arrest of a criminal. (b) To seize or take (goods or real estate) by virtue of a writ or precept to hold the same to satisfy a judgment which may be rendered in the suit. See Attachment, 4..
Breve :: Breve (n.) Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court..
Preception :: Preception (n.) A precept.
Mnemonics :: Mnemonics (n.) The art of memory; a system of precepts and rules intended to assist the memory; artificial memory.
Didactical :: Didactical (a.) Fitted or intended to teach; conveying instruction; preceptive; instructive; teaching some moral lesson; as, didactic essays..
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..
Injunction :: Injunction (n.) That which is enjoined; an order; a mandate; a decree; a command; a precept; a direction.
Preceptorial :: Preceptorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a preceptor.
Prescript :: Prescript (n.) Direction; precept; model prescribed.
Document :: Document (n.) That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.
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