precept

Speech parts

1. precept - Noun

2. precept - Verb

Meaning

To teach by precepts.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

principle commandment maxim law rule direction teaching mandate injunction fiat canon order saw code axiom

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Antonyms

disorder confusion doubt chaos ambiguity abortion

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Hypernyms

ism rule philosophy doctrine prescript school of thought

Hyponyms

mitzvah mitsvah golden rule caveat emptor hypothetical imperative moral principle

Phrases with the word

civic precept judicial precept

Anagrams

percept

Examples

Keep in mind God's precept that states, 'Judge not, and you will not be judged' (Lk. 6:37), and in no way meddle in the lives of others. Symeon the New Theologian

There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it. Denis Diderot

We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions. Ronald Reagan

Example is better than precept. Arabic Proverb

Precept guides, but example draws. Traditional Proverb

Example can be better than precept. American Proverb

Close letter words and terms

precentrix precentromeric precepit preceptee preceptial preception