late 14c., from Old French percept, percet (12c.), from Latin praeceptum "maxim, rule of conduct, order," noun use of neuter past participle of praecipere "give rules to, order, advise," literally "take beforehand," from prae "before" (see pre-) + capere (past participle captus) "to take" (see capable). For change of vowel, see biennial.
例文
1. It occurs to me that example is always more efficacious than precept .
私は言教よりも身教のほうが大切だと思います。
2.You won 't find this moral precept in the scriptures.
聖書にはこのような道徳規範は見つかりません。
3.Example is better than precept .
言教は身教に及ばない。
4.Armed with such a precept ,a number of doctors may slip into deceptive practices.