Definizione monolingua

precept

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 doesnt really believe anything of what he writes, at least if example is stronger evidence of belief than precept.
   • 1891: (Can we date this quote?) Hale, Susan, Mexico, volume 27, The Story of the Nations, London: T. Fisher Unwin, page 80:
     • 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.

Definizione dizionario precept

massima

precetto

prescrizione

regola

Altri significati:

rule or principle governing personal conduct

A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.

(religious) precept