precept
noun/ˈpriːsept/
/ˈpriːsept/
[countable, uncountable] (formal)- a rule about how to behave or what to think synonym principle
- moral precepts
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin praeceptum, neuter past participle of praecipere ‘warn, instruct’, from prae ‘before’ + capere ‘take’.
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