precept – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
precept
n.
order, directive, instruction; rule, law; command; commandment, mandate; maxim, saying, adage
Precept
A
precept (from the , to teach) is a , instruction, or order intended as an
authoritative rule of action.
precept
Noun
1. rule of personal conduct
(synonym) principle
(hypernym) rule, prescript
(hyponym) higher law
(part-holonym) ethic, ethical code
2. a doctrine that is taught; "the teachings of religion"; "he believed all the Christian precepts"
(synonym) teaching, commandment
(hypernym) doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
(hyponym) Golden Rule
Precept
(v. t.)
To teach by precepts.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Precept
a rule of action, a principle, a maxim, a commandment.
