teaching, precept, commandment
(noun) a doctrine that is taught; “the teachings of religion”; “he believed all the Christian precepts”
principle, precept
(noun) rule of personal conduct
Source: WordNet® 3.1
precept (plural precepts)
A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
(legal) A written command, especially a demand for payment.
(UK) An order issued by one local authority to another specifying the rate of tax to be charged on its behalf.
A rate or tax set by a precept.
The Parish Council is financed by raising a small levy - the precept - on all residential properties within the parish.
precept (third-person singular simple present precepts, present participle precepting, simple past and past participle precepted)
(obsolete) To teach by precepts.
• percept
Source: Wiktionary
Pre"cept, n. Etym: [L. praeceptum, from praecipere to take beforehand, to instruct, teach; prae before + capere to take: cf. F. précepte. See Pre-, and Capacious.]
1. Any commandment, instruction, or order intended as an authoritative rule of action; esp., a command respecting moral conduct; an injunction; a rule. For precept must be upon precept. Isa. xxviii. 10. No arts are without their precepts. Dryden.
2. (Law)
Definition: A command in writing; a species of writ or process. Burrill.
Syn.
– Commandment; injunction; mandate; law; rule; direction; principle; maxim. See Doctrine.
Pre"cept, v. t.
Definition: To teach by precepts. [Obs.] Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
