precept

Meanings

1. A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
2. A written command, especially a demand for payment.
3. An order issued by one local authority to another specifying the rate of tax to be charged on its behalf.
4. A tax rate set by such an order; the tax thus collected.

1. To act as a preceptor; to teach a physician-in-training by supervising their clinical practice.
2. To teach (something) by precepts.

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin praeceptum, form of praecipiō (“to teach”), from Latin prae (“pre-”) + capiō (“take”).