Precept /(?)/
Pre·cept
Precept
n.
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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.
No arts are without their precepts.
- A command in writing; a species of writ or process. (Law)
Precept
v. t.
- To teach by precepts. [Obs.]