preceptor
noun
an instructor; teacher; tutor.
preceptorial
-
a word derived from
preceptor.
Example Sentences
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Pennsylvanian Hendel hurried to Princeton in 1909 on the strength of what he had read about Woodrow Wilson's preceptorial system, graduated No. 1 in his class.
From Time Magazine Archive
By the preceptorial system the student worked with the instructor and also with a group of fellow students.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cuomo, overcompensating for his preceptorial manner, turned almost surly.
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Of the 50 young men Woodrow Wilson hired to inaugurate his famed Princeton preceptorial system, many became noted educators.
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Their domestic economy was regulated in the same spirit as their preceptorial: it consisted of the same sedulous exclusion of all that could border on pleasure, or give any exercise to choice.
From The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works by Thomas Carlyle
