Hypertext Webster Gateway: "precept"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Precept \Pre"cept\, v. t.
To teach by precepts. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
precept
n 1: rule of personal conduct [syn: {principle}]
2: a doctrine that is taught; "the teaching of religion"; "he
believed all the Christian precepts" [syn: {teaching}]
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