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

noun. A direction or order issued by an authority; a writ, command, or process.

noun. 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.

noun. 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.

noun. 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.

transitive verb. To teach by precepts.

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

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

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

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

verb. To teach by precepts.

noun. rule of personal conduct

noun. 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 clare constat  precept of sasine  

admonition  advice  canon  commandment  creed  

a belief  adage  ana  analects  aphorism