precept
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precept
- /ˈpɹiːsɛpt/
- /ˈpɹɛsɛpt/ obsolete
Rhymes with -iːsɛpt
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Late Latin praeceptum, form of praecipiō (“to teach”), from Latin prae (“pre-”) + capiō (“take”).
noun precepts · præcept
- A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct. Precept guides, but example draws.
- A written command, especially a demand for payment.
- An order issued by one local authority to another specifying the rate of tax to be charged on its behalf.
- A tax rate set by such an order; the tax thus collected. The Parish Council is financed by raising a small levy - the precept - on all residential properties within the parish.
verb precepts · precepting · precepted · præcept
- To act as a preceptor; to teach a physician-in-training by supervising their clinical practice.
- To teach (something) by precepts. [T]he tvvo commended rules by him [Aristotle] ſet down, vvhereby the axioms of Sciences are precepted to be made convertible, and vvhich the latter men have not vvithout elegancy ſurnamed; the one the rule of truth, becauſe it preventeth deceipt; the other the rule of prudence, becauſe it freeth ele
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noun rule or principle governing personal conduct
| Español | precepto, preceptiva |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | शैली śailī, शील śīl |
| Português | preceito |
| Français | précepte |
| Deutsch | Gebot, Vorschrift, Grundsatz, Maxime |
| Italiano | precetto |
| Ελληνικά | κανόνας kanónas, εντολή entolí |
| Română | precept |
| Русский | при́нцип príncip, за́поведь zápovedʹ, заве́т zavét |
| Tiếng Việt | giới luật, chuẩn tắc |
| العربية | مَبْدَأ mabdaʔ |
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