Precept

Noun

 * 1) A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
 * 2) * 2006: Theodore Dalrymple The Gift of Language
 * 3) ** I need hardly point out that Pinker doesn't really believe anything of what he writes, at least if example is stronger evidence of belief than precept.
 * 4) * 1891:
 * 5) ** He found a people in the extreme of barbarism living in caves, feeding upon the bloody flesh of animals they killed in hunting; he taught them many things, so that by his example, and for generations after he left them by his precepts, they advanced to high civilization.

Adjectives for Precept
repeated; benevolent; mild; excellent; civil; sage; strange; abstruse; divine; averaged; dull; moral; traditional; innumerable (pi); sublime.

Verbs for Precept
advocate—; authorize—; compile—s; disobey—; dispense—; entrust—; formulate—; fulfill—; issue—; promulgate—; sanction—; submit to—; violate—; —decrees; —dictates; —forbids; —imposes; —instructs; — limits; —ordains; —orders; —prohibits; — requests ; —requires ; —restrains ; —restricts.

Thesaurus
a belief, adage, ana, analects, aphorism, apophthegm, apothegm, article of faith, axiom, behest, bench warrant, bidding, byword, canon, capias, catchword, caveat, charge, code, collected sayings, commandment, current saying, death warrant, decree, decretum, dictate, dictum, direction, directive, distich, doctrine, dogma, edict, epigram, expression, fiat, fieri facias, fundamental, general orders, gnome, golden saying, guide, guideline, habere facias possessionem, injunction, instruction, interdict, law, mandamus, mandate, mandatory injunction, maxim, mittimus, moral, mot, motto, nisi prius, notice, notification, oracle, order, ordinance, phrase, pithy saying, prescript, prescription, principle, process, prohibitory injunction, proverb, proverbial saying, proverbs, regulation, rule, saw, saying, search warrant, sentence, sententious expression, slogan, sloka, statute, stock saying, sutra, teaching, tenet, text, ukase, unwritten law, verse, warrant, warrant of arrest, warrant of attorney, wisdom, wisdom literature, wise saying, witticism, word, words of wisdom, writ

Etymology
From Vulgar Latin praeceptum:, form of praecipere:, from prae: + capere:.

Translations

 * Dutch:, gedragsregel,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
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 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Turkish: ta'lim, ögreti,  ta'lim buyurmak

Anagrams

 * percept