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precept

 
Noun precept has 2 senses
  1. principle, precept - rule of personal conduct
    --1 is a kind of rule, prescript
    --1 is a part of ethic, ethical code
    --1 has particulars:
     higher law; moral principle; hypothetical imperative; caveat emptor
  2. teaching, precept, commandment - a doctrine that is taught; "the teachings of religion"; "he believed all the Christian precepts"
    --2 is a kind of doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
    --2 has particulars: Golden Rule; mitzvah, mitsvah
precending precending speakers precenter precentor precentorship precentral gyrus precepice precepine precept preceptible preception preceptive preceptor preceptorship precepts precesion precess

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