precept

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpɹiːsɛpt/

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Noun

precept (plural precepts)

1. A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
   • 2006: Theodore Dalrymple, The Gift of Language ↗
     • I need hardly point out that Pinker doesn't really believe anything of what he writes, at least if example is stronger evidence of belief than precept.
2. (legal) A written command, especially a demand for payment.
3. (UK) An order issued by one local authority to another specifying the rate of tax to be charged on its behalf.
   1. A rate or tax set by a precept.
      • The Parish Council is financed by raising a small levy - the precept - on all residential properties within the parish.

Translations

• French: précepte
• German: Gebot, Vorschrift, Grundsatz
• Portuguese: preceito
• Russian: при́нцип
• Spanish: precepto

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Verb

precept (precepts, present participle precepting; past and past participle precepted)

1. (obsolete) To teach by precepts.

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