PRECEPT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does precept mean?
• PRECEPT (noun)
The noun PRECEPT has 2 senses:
1. rule of personal conduct
2. a doctrine that is taught
Familiarity information: PRECEPT used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PRECEPT (noun)
Meaning:
Rule of personal conduct
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
precept; principle
Hypernyms ("precept" is a kind of...):
prescript; rule (prescribed guide for conduct or action)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "precept"):
higher law (a principle that takes precedent over the laws of society)
moral principle (the principle that conduct should be moral)
hypothetical imperative (a principle stating the action required to attain a desired goal)
caveat emptor (a commercial principle that without a warranty the buyer takes upon himself the risk of quality)
Holonyms ("precept" is a part of...):
ethic; ethical code (a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct)
Meaning:
A doctrine that is taught
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
commandment; precept; teaching
Context examples:
the teachings of religion / he believed all the Christian precepts
Hypernyms ("precept" is a kind of...):
doctrine; ism; philosophical system; philosophy; school of thought (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "precept"):
Golden Rule (a command based on Jesus' words in the Sermon on the Mount)
mitsvah; mitzvah ((Judaism) a precept or commandment of the Jewish law)
