Related Words for precept

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principle
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Noun, Noun
teaching
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Noun, Noun
commandment
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Noun
tenet
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Noun
maxim
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Noun
decalogue
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Noun
dictum
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Noun
axiom
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Noun
admonition
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Noun
doctrine
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Noun
exhortation
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Noun
vinaya
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Noun
credo
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Noun
tradition
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Noun
dogma
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Noun
aphorism
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Noun
virtue
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Noun
injunction
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Noun
exemplification
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Noun
observance
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Noun
notion
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Noun
morality
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Noun
unwritten
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Adjective
conceit
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Noun
corollary
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Noun
guideline
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Noun
adage
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Noun
tithing
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Noun
ethos
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Noun
scripture
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Noun
obedience
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Noun
precedent
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Noun
rule
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Noun
edict
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Noun
conditionality
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Noun
restatement
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Noun
justification
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Noun
verse
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Noun
premiss
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Noun
stricture
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Noun
prudence
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Noun
proverb
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Noun
epigram
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Noun
supposition
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Noun
foundational
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Adjective
couplet
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Noun
proposition
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Noun
proclamation
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Noun
percept
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Noun
concept
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Noun
oath
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Noun
practice
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Noun
assumption
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Noun
proscription
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Noun
thing
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Noun
standard
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Noun
policy
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Noun
ethics
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Noun
code
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Noun
rules of the road
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Phrase, Noun
structure
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Noun
advice
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Noun
bylaw
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Noun
mores
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Noun
protocol
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Noun
norm
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Noun
decree
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Noun
obligation
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Noun
etiquette
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Noun
prerogative
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Noun
command
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Noun
law of nature
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Phrase, Noun
normative
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Adjective
subject
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Noun
counsel
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Noun
precedence
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Noun
pragmatic
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Adjective
purview
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Noun
permission
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Noun
regulation
xx/x
Noun
regime
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Noun
presumption
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Noun
restriction
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Noun
nomos
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Noun
praxis
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Noun
prescription
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Noun
fiat
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Noun
legalism
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Noun
principal
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Noun
regiment
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Noun
fundamental
xx/x
Adjective
principate
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Noun
style
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Noun
directive
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Noun
convention
x/x
Noun
customary
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Adjective
natural law
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Phrase, Noun
enjoins
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Verb
delphic
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Adjective
inculcated
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Verb
transgressing
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Verb
refraining
x/x
Verb
horace
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Name
imprint
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Verb
example
x/x
Noun
abstaining
x/x
Verb
dispensation
xx/x
Noun
koranic
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Adjective
leninist
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Adjective
mosaic
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Adjective
apostle
x/x
Noun
quranic
x/x
Adjective
transgression
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Noun
obliges
x/x
Verb
apostolic
xx/x
Adjective
charity
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Noun
violates
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Verb
obeying
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Verb
circumcision
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Noun
inferiority
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Noun
express
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Adjective
cardinal
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Adjective
forbids
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Verb
hippocratic
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Adjective
torah
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Name, Adjective
scriptural
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Adjective
appendix
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Noun
argument
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Noun, Verb
attribute
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Noun, Verb
category
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Noun
caveat emptor
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Phrase, Noun
chap
/
Noun, Verb
char
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Noun, Verb
compare
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Verb, Noun
curve
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
dialogue
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Noun, Verb
fable
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Noun, Verb
form
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Noun, Verb
golden rule
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Name, Name
imperative
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Adjective, Noun
lesson
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Noun, Verb
order
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Noun, Verb
part
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
plate
/
Noun, Verb
postulate
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
provision
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Noun, Verb
query
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Noun, Verb
question
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Noun, Verb
requirement
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Noun
subpoena
x/x
Noun, Verb
supplement
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Noun, Verb
topic
/x
Noun, Adjective
literally
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Adverb
expression
x/x
Noun
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
sorta
/x
Adverb
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
milestone
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Noun, Verb
collocation
xx/x
Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
anymore
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Adverb
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
cluster
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Noun, Verb
vernacular
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Noun, Adjective
dialect
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Noun
headlines
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Noun