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precept

Roget category 697

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
5.3. Voluntary action
›› 5.3.2. Complex voluntary action

#697. Precept

noun

precept, direction, instruction, chargeprescript, prescriptionrecipe, receiptgolden rulemaxim etc. 496.
rule, canon, law, code, corpus juris [Lat.], lex scripta [Lat.], act, statute, rubric, stage direction, regulationform, formula, formularytechnicalitycanon lawnorm.
order etc. (command) 741.

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