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preceptive - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
adjective adjective
from The Century Dictionary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
adjective
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adjective law Of, pertaining to, or based on precepts adjective instructive ; didactic
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Mr. Bradley (not a rocket scientist and not too preceptive ) also claims to know what others have failed to notice.
William Bradley: What Scott Brown Knew In 2010 and Barack Obama Knew In 2008 2010
The basis of the punishment is the rationale of a law, or the preceptive aspect of a law.
Motherly Advice Trace Sheridan 2009
Norris divides a law into a preceptive and a punitive element.
Motherly Advice Trace Sheridan 2009
I know it sounds horrible to pull away, but it may enable her learn that words can be hurtful - she's a pretty preceptive girl especially for her age, so it just might be a good lesson.
Mommy Dearest 2008
To follow up on the last post one the thing I liked a lot about the Netroots Nation conference was the sense that I was among people that were really preceptive and knowledge.
2008 July « Christopher Colaninno 2008
To follow up on the last post one the thing I liked a lot about the Netroots Nation conference was the sense that I was among people that were really preceptive and knowledge.
Identifying B.S. « Christopher Colaninno 2008
There were a number of post-Thomistic writers in the medieval and modern periods who in some way denied (2), the natural authority of the natural law, holding that while the content of the natural law is fixed either wholly or in part by human nature, its preceptive power could only come from an additional divine command: the views of John Duns Scotus, Francisco Suarez, and John Locke fit this mold.
The Natural Law Tradition in Ethics Murphy, Mark 2008
Sometimes he is unbelievable preceptive and on the mark, but these moments of lucidity are becoming more frequently marked by moments of thick-headedness.
Hardballer Matthews Goes Soft in the Head Over Giuliani's Gold Digging 2007
The idea of Webb viewing himself being the protagonist in his own novel is preceptive .
"Webb... has become a pompous poseur and an abuser of the English language before actually becoming a senator." Ann Althouse 2006
The revelation of the preceptive will of God made by Jesus Christ may be considered two ways: -- (1.)
Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967
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