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n. A rule or principle prescribing a particular course of action or conduct.

n. Law An authorized direction or order; a writ.

n. A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.

n. A written command, especially a demand for payment.

v. To teach by precepts.

n. Any commandment, instruction, or order intended as an authoritative rule of action; esp., a command respecting moral conduct; an injunction; a rule.

n. A command in writing; a species of writ or process.

v. To teach by precepts.

n. A commandment or direction given as a rule of action; teaching; instruction; especially, an injunction as to moral conduct; a rule of conduct; a maxim.

n. In law: A command or mandate in writing issued by a court or judge, as for bringing a person, record, or other matter before him, or for the collection of costs, etc., or for summoning jurors, etc.

n. In English law, a command or mandate in writing issued pursuant to law by an administrative officer: as, a sheriff's precept for a municipal election.

To teach; lead by precept.

To order by rule; ordain.

n. rule of personal conduct

n. a doctrine that is taught

"One cannot decide that this Church precept is false this one true, that that one is empty and useless and that one is meaningful."

precept of sasine    precept of clare constat   

law    maxim    principle    injunction    mandate    direction    rule    doctrine    commandment    bidding   

teaching    maxim    injunction    morality    ordinance    tenet    admonition    doctrine    commandment    dogma