"precept" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɹiːsɛpt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-precept.wav Forms: precepts [plural]
Rhymes: -iːsɛpt Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin praeceptum, form of praecipiō (“to teach”), from Latin prae (“pre-”) + capiō (“take”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{bor|en|LL.|praeceptum}} Late Latin praeceptum, {{der|en|la|prae||pre-}} Latin prae (“pre-”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} precept (plural precepts)
  1. A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct. Translations (rule or principle governing personal conduct): ἔνταλμα (éntalma) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), предписание (predpisanie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), наставление (nastavlenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), precepte [masculine] (Catalan), 戒律 (gaai³ leot⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 準則 (Chinese Cantonese), 准则 (zeon² zak¹) (Chinese Cantonese), zásada [feminine] (Czech), regel [masculine] (Dutch), gedragsregel [masculine] (Dutch), principe (Dutch), sääntö (Finnish), ohje (Finnish), ohjenuora (Finnish), précepte [masculine] (French), precet [masculine] (Friulian), პრინციპი (ṗrinciṗi) (Georgian), წესი (c̣esi) (Georgian), მცნება (mcneba) (Georgian), Gebot (German), Vorschrift (German), Grundsatz [masculine] (German), Maxime [feminine] (German), κανόνας (kanónas) [masculine] (Greek), εντολή (entolí) [feminine] (Greek), शैली (śailī) (Hindi), शील (śīl) (Hindi), előírás (Hungarian), precetto [masculine] (Italian), praeceptum [neuter] (Latin), precèpte [masculine] (Occitan), Väaschreft [feminine] (Plautdietsch), preceito (Portuguese), precept [neuter] (Romanian), при́нцип (príncip) [masculine] (Russian), за́поведь (zápovedʹ) [feminine] (Russian), заве́т (zavét) [masculine] (Russian), उपदेश (upadeśa) [masculine] (Sanskrit), precepto [masculine] (Spanish), föreskrift (Swedish), regel [common-gender] (Swedish), rättesnöre [neuter] (Swedish), sawikain (Tagalog), ศีล (sǐin) (Thai), ta'lim (Turkish), ögreti (Turkish), ta'lim buyurmak (Turkish)
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  2. (law) A written command, especially a demand for payment. Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-precept-en-noun-xxUeOpfK Topics: law
  3. (UK) An order issued by one local authority to another specifying the rate of tax to be charged on its behalf. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Directives
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  4. (UK) An order issued by one local authority to another specifying the rate of tax to be charged on its behalf.
    A rate or tax set by a precept.
    Tags: UK Categories (topical): Directives
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: præcept [archaic]

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɹiːsɛpt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-precept.wav Forms: precepts [present, singular, third-person], precepting [participle, present], precepted [participle, past], precepted [past]
Rhymes: -iːsɛpt Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin praeceptum, form of praecipiō (“to teach”), from Latin prae (“pre-”) + capiō (“take”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{bor|en|LL.|praeceptum}} Late Latin praeceptum, {{der|en|la|prae||pre-}} Latin prae (“pre-”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} precept (third-person singular simple present precepts, present participle precepting, simple past and past participle precepted)
  1. (intransitive, chiefly US, medicine) To act as a preceptor; to teach a physician-in-training by supervising their clinical practice. Tags: US, intransitive Categories (topical): Medicine, Directives
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  2. (transitive, obsolete) To teach (something) by precepts. Tags: obsolete, transitive Categories (topical): Directives
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: præcept [archaic]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "roman": "zavét",
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      "sense": "rule or principle governing personal conduct",
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      "word": "preceito"
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      "sense": "rule or principle governing personal conduct",
      "word": "sawikain"
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      "roman": "sǐin",
      "sense": "rule or principle governing personal conduct",
      "word": "ศีล"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "rule or principle governing personal conduct",
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