preceptive
[ pri-sep-tiv ]
/ prɪˈsɛp tɪv /
adjective
of the nature of or expressing a precept; mandatory.
giving instructions; instructive.
RELATED WORDS
academic,
advisory,
expository,
homiletic,
instructive,
moral,
moralizing,
pedagogic,
pedantic,
preachy,
edifying,
enlightening,
donnish,
exhortative,
hortative,
sermonic,
teacherly Nearby words
precentral area,
precentral cerebellar vein,
precentral gyrus,
precentral sulcus,
precept,
preceptive,
preceptor,
preceptorship,
preceptory,
preceptress,
preceramic Origin of preceptive
First recorded in
1425–75; late Middle English word from
Latin word
praeceptīvus. See
precept,
-iveRelated forms
pre·cep·tive·ly, adverbun·pre·cep·tive, adjectiveun·pre·cep·tive·ly, adverbDictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for preceptive
To ascertain our duty we must look at the preceptive will of God and not to his eternal counsel.
The value which we attach to the volume depends, however, rather on its preceptive than its antiquarian character.
It is the abstract, preceptive, and barren form, and the presumptuous manner in which these are presented that they detest.
Justice should be done, by a civil power—agreeable to God's preceptive will.
It may be worth while here to present, in a condensed form, some portion of his matter, which is both indicative and preceptive.
British Dictionary definitions for preceptive
adjective
of, resembling, or expressing a precept or precepts
didactic
Derived Forms
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