Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

697. Precept — N. precept, direction, instruction, charge; prescript,

prescription; recipe, receipt; golden rule; maxim &c 496. rule, canon, law, code, corpus juris [Lat.], lex scripta [Lat.], act, statute, rubric, stage direction, regulation; form, formula, formulary; technicality; canon law; norm. order &c (command) 741.