PRECEPTS
Noun
precepts
plural of precept
Anagrams
• percepts
Source: Wiktionary
PRECEPT
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