precept

[Pre·cept]

A precept is a rule or direction, often with some religious basis, dictating a way you should act or behave.

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To teach by precepts.

Noun
a doctrine that is taught; "the teachings of religion"; "he believed all the Christian precepts"

Noun
rule of personal conduct


v. t.
To teach by precepts.


Precept

Pre"cept, v. t. To teach by precepts. [Obs.] Bacon.

To teach by precepts.

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Usage Examples

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst expect the best and take what comes.

Example is the best precept.

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Other Usage Examples

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

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.

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk and to make our words and actions all of a color.

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