Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun precept

2 senses of precept

Sense 1
principle, precept -- (rule of personal conduct)
       => rule, prescript -- (prescribed guide for conduct or action)

Sense 2
teaching, precept, commandment -- (a doctrine that is taught; "the teachings of religion"; "he believed all the Christian precepts")
       => doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism -- (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)