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

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