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Precept vs Princely - What's the difference?

precept | princely |

As a noun precept

is a rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.

As a verb precept

is (obsolete) to teach by precepts.

As an adjective princely is

relating to a prince; regal; royal.

As an adverb princely is

in the manner of a royal prince's conduct.

precept

English

(wikipedia precept)

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
  • * 2006 : , The Gift of Language
  • ** I need hardly point out that Pinker doesn't really believe anything of what he writes, at least if example is stronger evidence of belief than precept .
  • * 1891 :
  • ** He found a people in the extreme of barbarism living in caves, feeding upon the bloody flesh of animals they killed in hunting; he taught them many things, so that by his example, and for generations after he left them by his precepts , they advanced to high civilization.
  • (legal) A written command, especially a demand for payment.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To teach by precepts.
    • (Francis Bacon)

    Anagrams

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    princely

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Relating to a prince; regal; royal.
    • princely birth or character
  • Befitting a prince.
    • a princely sum of money

    Synonyms

    * regally, grandly

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In the manner of a royal prince's conduct.
    • My appetite was not princely got. — Shakespeare.