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Precept

🔄 Synonyms of "Precept"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
principlenoun	A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.
teachingnoun	The profession of educating people; the activity that a teacher does when he/she teaches.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Precept"

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Word	Definition
principlenoun	A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.
teachingnoun	The profession of educating people; the activity that a teacher does when he/she teaches.
rulenoun	A regulation, law, guideline.
lessonnoun	A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.
requirementnoun	A necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory. Its adpositions are generally of in relation to who or what has given it, on in relation to whom or what it is given to, and for in relation to what is required.
dictumnoun	An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm.
imperativenoun	(uncountable, grammar) The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same as that of the bare infinitive.
tenetnoun	An opinion, belief, or principle that is held as absolute truth by someone or especially an organization.
conceptnoun	An abstract and general idea; an abstraction.
ordernoun	(countable) A command.
provisionnoun	An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.
commandmentnoun	(religion) A divinely ordained command, especially one of the Ten Commandments.
prescriptionnoun	(medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) A written order from an authorized medical practitioner for provision of a medicine or other treatment, such as (ophthalmology) the specific lenses needed for a pair of glasses.
maximnoun	A precept; a succinct statement or observation of a rule of conduct or moral teaching.
axiomnoun	(logic, mathematics, proof theory) A fundamental assumption that serves as a basis for deduction of theorems; a postulate (sometimes distinguished from postulates as being universally applicable, whereas postulates are particular to a certain science or context).
doctrinenoun	(countable and uncountable) The body of teachings of an ideology, most often a religion, or of an ideological or religious leader, organization, group, or text.
canonnoun	A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
instructionnoun	(uncountable) The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge.
mandatenoun	An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.
statutenoun	A written law or ordinance passed by a legislative body.