| Welcome Guest | Forum Search | Active Topics | Members | |
|
|
Rank: Advanced Member
Joined: 3/7/2009
Posts: 27,749
Neurons: 82,425
Location: Inside Farlex computers
|
precept(noun) Rule of personal conduct. Synonyms: principleUsage: I forget who it was that recommended men for their soul's good to do each day two things they disliked: it was a wise man, and it is a precept that I have followed scrupulously; for every day I have got up and I have gone to bed.
|
|
Rank: Advanced Member
Joined: 1/29/2016
Posts: 236
Neurons: 270,305
Location: Londrina, Parana, Brazil
|
“I forget who it was that recommended men for their soul's good to do each day two things they disliked: it was a wise man, and it is a precept that I have followed scrupulously; for every day I have got up and I have gone to bed.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence
|
|
Rank: Advanced Member
Joined: 7/26/2017
Posts: 1,116
Neurons: 463,188
Location: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
|
|
|
Rank: Advanced Member
Joined: 7/26/2017
Posts: 1,116
Neurons: 463,188
Location: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
|
precept
- principle, commandment, teaching, rule, order, direction
|
|
Rank: Advanced Member
Joined: 7/26/2017
Posts: 1,116
Neurons: 463,188
Location: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
|
Idioms:
- an example is better than precept
|
|
|
Guest |