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What is the noun for preceptory?

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precept

A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
(law) A written command, especially a demand for payment.
Synonyms:

rule, order, decree, command, instruction, principle, direction, edict, law, dictate, canon, directive, injunction, tenet, mandate, doctrine, ordinance, commandment, regulation, dictum, statute, maxim, guideline, axiom, dogma, code, behest, fundamental, teaching, bidding, prescription, formula, prescript, decretum, mitzvah, preception, working principle, ruling, fiat, ukase, demand, belief, creed, pronunciamento, credo, charge, imperative, requirement, proclamation, standard … more

Examples:

“It then promotes this into a moral precept for life in general.”

“He felt that her being an excellent wife was an illustration of the old precept that virtue is its own reward.”

preceptory

A community of the Knights Templar, or the physical buildings or estate of such a community.

precepit

Obsolete form of precept.

preception

A precept.
Synonyms:

precept, rule, order, decree, command, instruction, principle, direction, edict, law, dictate, canon, directive, injunction, tenet, mandate, doctrine, ordinance, commandment, regulation, dictum, statute, maxim, guideline, axiom, dogma, code, behest, fundamental, teaching, bidding, prescription, formula, prescript, decretum, mitzvah, working principle … more

Examples:

“There is a linkage between the preception of China as a threat and the change of Japan's security and defence policy.”

“That can overcome whatever preception the fans and media might have about the organization, that it'll never.”

“It must have been the devil himself that made Maule so subtile in his preception.”

preceptions

plural of preception
Synonyms:

precepts, rules, order, decrees, commands, instruction, principles, direction, edicts, law, dictates, canons, directives, injunctions, tenets, mandates, doctrine, ordinances, commandments, regulation, dicta, statute, maxims, guidelines, axioms, dogmas, code, behests, fundamentals, teaching, biddings, prescription, formulae, prescripts, mitzvahs … more

preceptories

plural of preceptory

precepits

plural of precepit

precepts

plural of precept
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Examples:

“The rapidity with which the Indian government has abandoned its previous foreign policy precepts underlines the fact that there is no going back.”

“While it is true I am not seeking to please God by obeying the precepts of the Law of Moses, I still am not living in sin.”

“Candidates were to demonstrate in their lives the precepts of the Golden Rule.”

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