Found 3 items, similar to precept.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: precept aturan, perintah
English → English (WordNet) Definition: precept precept n 1: rule of personal conduct [syn: principle] 2: a doctrine that is taught; “the teachings of religion”; “he believed all the Christian precepts” [syn: teaching, commandment]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Precept Precept \Pre"cept\, n. [L. praeceptum, from praecipere to take beforehand, to instruct, teach; prae before + capere to take: cf. F. pr['e]cepte. See Pre-, and Capacious.] 1. Any commandment, instruction, or order intended as an authoritative rule of action; esp., a command respecting moral conduct; an injunction; a rule. [1913 Webster] For precept must be upon precept. --Isa. xxviii. 10. [1913 Webster] No arts are without their precepts. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) A command in writing; a species of writ or process. --Burrill. [1913 Webster] Syn: Commandment; injunction; mandate; law; rule; direction; principle; maxim. See Doctrine. [1913 Webster] Precept \Pre"cept\, v. t. To teach by precepts. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]