precept.
A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Late Latin praeceptum, form of praecipiō (“to teach”), from Latin prae (“pre-”) + capiō (“take”).
To act as a preceptor; to teach a physician-in-training by supervising their clinical practice.
To teach (something) by precepts.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Late Latin praeceptum, form of praecipiō (“to teach”), from Latin prae (“pre-”) + capiō (“take”).
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