Precept

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

Equivalents

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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