A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct. / (law) A written command, especially a demand for payment.

(intransitive, chiefly US, medicine) To act as a preceptor; to teach a physician-in-training by supervising their clinical practice. / (transitive, obsolete) To teach (something) by precepts.

plural of precept

(law) Of, pertaining to, or based on precepts / instructive; didactic

A precept.

plural of preception

present participle of precept

simple past tense and past participle of precept

In a preceptive manner

The imposition of precepts.