preceptive
[pri-sep-tiv]
adjective
of the nature of or expressing a precept; mandatory.
giving instructions; instructive.
Origin of preceptive
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academic, advisory, expository, homiletic, instructive, moral, moralizing, pedagogic, pedantic, preachy, edifying, enlightening, donnish, exhortative, hortative, sermonic, teacherlyExamples from the Web for preceptive
Historical Examples of preceptive
In its outward form it may be preceptive, historical, or meditative.
Companion to the BibleE. P. Barrows
The knowledge communicated to us of the preceptive will of God to his church, under the first dispensation, is very limited.
War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus ChristDavid Low Dodge
To ascertain our duty we must look at the preceptive will of God and not to his eternal counsel.
War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus ChristDavid Low Dodge
It may be worth while here to present, in a condensed form, some portion of his matter, which is both indicative and preceptive.
The ViolinGeorge Dubourg
It may be necessary to notice the only preceptive passage in the New Testament which apparently bears a different aspect.
Christian DevotednessAnthony Norris Groves
preceptive
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