Examples of 'precept' in a sentence
Meaning of "precept"
A precept is a rule or principle that guides behavior or thought
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- A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
- A written command, especially a demand for payment.
- An order issued by one local authority to another specifying the rate of tax to be charged on its behalf.
- A rate or tax set by a precept.
How to use "precept" in a sentence
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This precept is particularly important in capital cases.
This is the essential precept of modern originalism.
The precept may be contested in an administrative court.
The wisdom of this precept is readily apprehended.
A precept is a teacher responsible to uphold law or tradition.
Of every medical precept you hold dear.
That precept was not given without reason.
Reality is the beginning precept of personal growth.
First precept is to abstain from taking life.
This is a fundamental precept of our legal system.
This precept he himself follows to the letter.
There is a recurring precept throughout this book.
A precept is broken only when one does so intentionally.
Equivalence is a basic precept for wholesome cooperation.
Each story conveys an important moral precept.
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I observe the precept of abstaining from falsehood.
Now it is a mortal sin to act against a precept.
Take the precept to abstain from liquor.
It is an intended imaginary or mythological narration to illustrate a precept.
This is a precept contrary both to reason and.
It is to assimilate within a heavily orchestrated political precept.
The first precept is do not take life.
Truth must be taught by example as well as precept.
By the precept of charity we are bound to love all.
They can do only by precept and example.
This precept goes further than mere stealing.
The positive counterpart of this precept is generosity.
I undertake the precept to refrain from intoxicatants.
Philosophy is not some kind of recipe or precept.
I undertake the precept of refraining from intoxicants.
His needs were superior to that ceremonial precept.
Take the precept on not taking intoxicants.
This you do by demonstration more than by precept.
The third precept was continuous improvement.
The second motive is the divine precept.
This is a fundamental precept that is now generally accepted.
The positive counterpart of this precept is love.
It is a precept in economics that distortions spread.
Spinoza lived up to this precept very completely.
The precept of not praising oneself or slandering others.
This name represents your precept lineage transmission.
The precept of peace is of divine right.
This is not a moralistic precept but a law of nature.
This precept will prevent unrighteousness among men.
Confession is necessary by divine precept as well as by ecclesiastical decree.
A precept is not nullified by the condemnation of its perversion.
But unyielding precept that fuels this firm.
You will not follow my precept.
The fourth precept prohibits us from telling lies.
An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept.
