precept

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Anagrams

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From Vulgar Latin praeceptum, form of praecipere (“‘to teach’”), from Latin prae (“‘pre-’”) + capere (“‘take’”).

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precept (plural precepts)

1. A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
   • 2006: Theodore Dalrymple The Gift of Language
     • 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.
   • 1891: Hale, Susan. Mexico, 80, London: T. Fisher Unwin.
     • 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.

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[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of ceepprt
• percept