Definition of Preceptive

1. a. Containing or giving precepts; of the nature of precepts; didactic; as, the preceptive parts of the Scriptures.

Definition of Preceptive

1. Adjective. (legal) Of, pertaining to, or based on precepts ¹

2. Adjective. instructive; didactic ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Preceptive

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Preceptive

precentorship
precentorships
precentour
precentral
precentral gyrus
precentrix
precents
precepit
precepits
precept
precepted
preceptial
precepting
preception
preceptions
preceptive (current term)
preceptor
preceptorial
preceptorials
preceptories
preceptors
preceptorship
preceptorships
preceptory
preceptour
preceptress
preceptresses
precepts
preceramic
precertification

Literary usage of Preceptive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Doctrine of Justification by Faith, Through the Imputation of the by John Owen (1797)
"... yield obedience to the preceptive part of the law alfo : and if the imputation of the former be needful to our J unification, then is the imputation of ..."

2. Practical Christian Socialism: A Conversational Exposition of the True by Adin Ballou (1854)
"That Article prescribes that membership shall exist in Seven Circles, viz: the Adoptive, the Unitive, the preceptive, the Communi- tive, the Expansive, ..."

3. Practical Christian Socialism: A Conversational Exposition of the True by Adin Ballou (1854)
"preceptive ADVICE.—The final Conversation—Inquirer expresses his ... To members of the preceptive Circle ; precepts— V. To official servants of all grades ..."

4. Institutes of American Law by John Bouvier (1854)
"OF preceptive, PROHIBITIVE, PERMISSIVE, AND PENAL STATUTES. 108.—1. When the statute commands certain actions, and regulates the forms and acts which ought ..."

5. The Quarterly Musical Magazine and Review by Richard Mackenzie Bacon (1826)
"If it be not soon parodied, we shall think that Matthews, Liston, and Harley, are no more—which Momus fore« fend ! Appendix to Nicholson's preceptive ..."

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