- Dictionary
- P
- Precepts
- Related Words
Words related to precepts
pre·cept
P p -
academize
to reduce (a subject) to a rigid set of rules, principles, precepts, etc.: futile attempts to academize the visual arts. -
ars poetica
the art of poetry -
covenant
A covenant is a formal written agreement between two or more people or groups of people which is recognized in law. -
ethic
A set of moral principles, especially ones relating to or affirming a specified group, field, or form of conduct. -
halakhah
(often lowercase) the entire body of Jewish law and tradition comprising the laws of the Bible, the oral law as transcribed in the legal portion of the Talmud, and subsequent legal codes amending or modifying traditional precepts to conform to contemporary conditions. -
judaism
the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the Talmud. Compare Conservative Jew, Orthodox Jew, Reform Jew.