Meaning of Precept | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
2. A written command, especially a demand for payment.
3. An order issued by one local authority to another specifying the rate of tax to be charged on its behalf.
   UK
4. A rate or tax set by a precept.
   UK

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Examples

“Precept guides, but example draws.”

“By Heav’ns, ſuch Virtues, join’d with ſuch Succeſs, Diſtract my very Soul: Our Father’s Fortune Wou’d almoſt tempt us to renounce his Precepts.”

“He found a people in the extreme of barbarism living in caves, feeding upon the bloody flesh of animals they killed in hunting; he taught them many things, so that by his example, and for generations after he left them by his precepts, they advanced to high civilization.”

“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.”

“The Parish Council is financed by raising a small levy - the precept - on all residential properties within the parish. http://www.medsteadpc.org/community/medstead-parish-council-12575/home”

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