n. 规诫, 规矩, 格言, 训令

[经] 告诫, 指令

Precept \Pre"cept\, n. [L. praeceptum, from praecipere to take
beforehand, to instruct, teach; prae before + capere to take:
cf. F. pr['e]cepte. See {Pre-}, and {Capacious}.]
1. Any commandment, instruction, or order intended as an
authoritative rule of action; esp., a command respecting
moral conduct; an injunction; a rule.

For precept must be upon precept. --Isa. xxviii.
10.

No arts are without their precepts. --Dryden.

2. (Law) A command in writing; a species of writ or process.
--Burrill.

Syn: Commandment; injunction; mandate; law; rule; direction;
principle; maxim. See {Doctrine}.


Precept \Pre"cept\, v. t.
To teach by precepts. [Obs.] --Bacon.