Definition for Precept:

• In English and American law. An order or direction, emanating from authority, to an officer or body of officers, commanding him or them to do some act within the scope of their powers. Precept is not to be confined to civil proceedings, and is not of a more restricted meaning than " process." It includes warrants and processes in criminal as well as civil proceedings. Adams v. Vose, 1 Gray ( Mass.) 51, 58. " Precept" means a commandment in writing, sent out by a justice of the peace or PRECEPT 929.

Synonyms for Precept:

• n.

  •
  • conscience,
  • morals,
  • Standards,
  • ethics,
  • the proprieties.
  •
  • study at doctrine.
  •adage (noun)
  • pre-cept,
  • pre cept.
  •axiom (noun)
  • pro position,
  • pro positions,
  • pro-position,
  • pro-positions.
  •behest (noun)
  • re quest,
  • be hest,
  • re-quest,
  • expressed desires,
  • re quests,
  • re-quests,
  • be-hests,
  • be-hest,
  • be hests.
  •belief (noun)
  • hypothesis,
  • ideology,
  • say-so,
  • say so.
  •byword (noun)
  • by word,
  • by words,
  • gnomic sayings,
  • standing jokes.
  •canon (noun)
  • decretums.
  •command (noun)
  • charge,
  • adjuration,
  • adjurations,
  • requirement,
  • imperatives,
  • will,
  • devoir,
  • order,
  • prohibitions,
  • obligation,
  • devoirs,
  • requirements.
  •commandment (noun)
  • mitzvahs,
  • mitzvos,
  • mitzvot,
  • mitzvoth.
  •communication (noun)
  • precept.
  •convention (noun)
  • covenances,
  • under standings,
  • under-standing,
  • under standing,
  • under-standings.
  •custom (noun)
  • de signs,
  • de-signs,
  • de sign,
  • matter course,
  • de-sign,
  • inheritences,
  • unwritten rules.
  •decree (noun)
  • de crees,
  • the riot acts,
  • riot acts,
  • de-cree,
  • the words,
  • de-crees,
  • de cree,
  • ukases.
  •dictum (noun)
  • brocards.
  •form (noun)
  • Convenance,
  • by the book,
  • ceremonials,
  • by numbers,
  • done thing.
  •guideline (noun)
  • ground rule,
  • guideline,
  • standard procedure,
  • ground rules.
  •principle (noun)
  • golden rules.
  •proverb (noun)
  • pro verb,
  • pro-verb,
  • pro-verbs,
  • pro verbs,
  • folk wisdoms.
  •regulation (noun)
  • numbers,
  • no-nos,
  • no-no.
  •rule (noun)
  • decretions,
  • nono's,
  • the books,
  • no no's,
  • the number.
  •ruling (noun)
  • re solutions,
  • re-solutions,
  • re-solution.
  •teaching (noun)
  • teaching.
  •tenet (noun)
  • self conviction,
  • self-convictions,
  • selfconviction,
  • self convictions,
  • selfconvictions.
  •wise saying (noun)
  • wise-saying.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • prescription.

Paraphrases for Precept:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    principle, dictates, commandment, rule, provision, prescription, concept, imperative.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    tenet, requirement, order.

Antonyms for Precept:

• n.

  • law, rule of behavior, action
    ambiguity, disorganization, lawlessness, answer, unbelief.

Precept Sentence Examples:

• By combining these two aims, but much more by making the aims of conveying precept and instruction altogether subsidiary to that of moving the imagination and the affections, Virgil, if he has not created a new type of didactic poetry, has at least produced almost the only specimen of it which the world cares to read.

• Especially did he seek to inspire his children with a regard for religious truth, and, both by precept and example, to lead them into the practice of such things as were honest and of good rest.

Holonyms for Precept:

• n.

  • communication
    ethical code, ethic.

Hypernym for Precept:

• n.

  • communication
    caveat emptor, higher law, hypothetical imperative, moral principle.

Hyponym for Precept:

• n.

  • communication
    rule, prescript.