PRECEPT

precept. precept, a rule giuen, an admonition, or commaundement.

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precept. Precept, n. a command, instruction, rule, law

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Pre″cept (?), n. [[L. praeceptum, from praecipere to take beforehand, to instruct, teach; prae before + capere to take: cf. F. précepte. See Pre-, and Capacious.]] 1. 1. Any commandment, instruction, or order intended as an authoritative rule of action; esp., a command respecting moral conduct; an injunction; a rule.
For precept must be upon precept. Isa. xxviii. 10. No arts are without their precepts. Dryden. 2. 2. (Law) A command in writing; a species of writ or process. Burrill.
Syn. — Commandment; injunction; mandate; law; rule; direction; principle; maxim. See Doctrine.