praeceptum — meaning in English
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English meaning
- commandment noun A rule regarded as issued with divine or absolute authority, especially one of the biblical Ten Commandments.
- precept noun A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
- recipe noun A set of instructions for cooking a dish, listing ingredients and the steps to combine and prepare them.
- rule noun An official regulation or guideline that governs behaviour or a process.
Senses
praeceptum is used for these senses in English:
- commandment (archaic, or, jocular) Something that must be obeyed; a command or edict.
- precept A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
- recipe Now especially, a set of instructions for making or preparing food dishes. [from 18th c.]
- rule A regulation, law, guideline.
precept — full definition
- noun A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
- noun A written command, especially a demand for payment.
- noun An order issued by one local authority to another specifying the rate of tax to be charged on its behalf.
- noun A tax rate set by such an order; the tax thus collected.