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Definition of 'precept'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) precept
a commandment or direction given as a rule of action or conduct.

2. precept
an injunction as to moral conduct; maxim.

3. precept
a direction for performing a technical operation.

Definition of 'precept'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) principle, precept
rule of personal conduct

2. (noun) teaching, precept, commandment
a doctrine that is taught
"the teachings of religion"; "he believed all the Christian precepts"

Definition of 'precept'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) precept
to teach by precepts

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