precept
31precept — pre|cept [ˈpri:sept] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: praeceptum, from praecipere to take beforehand, give instruction to ] formal a rule on which a way of thinking or behaving is based ▪ basic moral precepts …
32precept — pre|cept [ pri,sept ] noun count FORMAL a rule, instruction, or principle that teaches correct behavior: moral precepts …
33precept — pre·cept || prɪËsept n. order, directive, instruction; rule, law; command; commandment, mandate; maxim, saying, adage …
34precept — percept …
35precept — n. 1. Command, injunction, instruction, order, mandate, commandment, behest, dictate, decree, edict, law, ordinance, ordination, regulation, canon. 2. Doctrine, principle, maxim, rule, direction …
36precept — noun (C) formal a rule on which a way of thinking or behaving is based: basic moral precepts …
37precept — A command by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue to a taxpayer to make certain relevant documents available, usually by a specified date …
38precept — A command by HM Revenue and Customs to a taxpayer to make certain relevant documents available, usually by a specified date …
39precept — noun 1) the precepts of Orthodox Judaism Syn: principle, rule, tenet, canon, doctrine, command, order, decree, dictate, dictum, injunction, commandment; Judaism mitzvah; formal prescript 2) precepts that her grandmother used to quote …
40precept — n 1. canon, rubric, guideline, working principle, guiding principle; unwritten law, common law, lex non scripta; ethical code, code of honor, corpus juris, code; ordinance, decree, edict, Law. writ, rescript, assize; dictate, dictum, order,… …
