preceptive
Americanadjective
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of the nature of or expressing a precept; mandatory.
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giving instructions; instructive.
adjective
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of, resembling, or expressing a precept or precepts
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didactic
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of preceptive
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English word from Latin word praeceptīvus. See precept, -ive
Example Sentences
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Hence the present epistle differs strikingly in its preceptive part from the other two.
From Companion to the Bible by Barrows, E. P. (Elijah Porter)
We might infer this from the extent of the reading, which was sufficient for all the preceptive parts of the Pentateuch.
From Companion to the Bible by Barrows, E. P. (Elijah Porter)
An instruction of the Holy Office of 1866 required that the guilty party in a case of solicitation should confess, but the instruction was directive rather than preceptive.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome
For the reason just indicated, we think the common estimate of the actual influence of even the costliest preceptive sayings is monstrously exaggerated.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 64, February, 1863 by Various
Thus far they are correct, but it is apprehended that they do not make a proper distinction between the ordination of God and his preceptive will for man.
From War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus Christ by Dodge, David Low
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