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preceptive
CIDE DICTIONARY
preceptive, a. [L. praeceptivus.].
Containing or giving precepts; of the nature of precepts; didactic; as, the preceptive parts of the Scriptures. [1913 Webster]
"The lesson given us here is preceptive to us."
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THESAURUS
preceptive
authoritative, autodidactic, binding, canonical, coeducational, commanding, compelling, cultural, decretal, decretive, decretory, dictated, dictating, didactic, directive, disciplinary, edifying, educating, educational, educative, enlightening, exhortatory, formulary, hard and fast, homiletic, hortatory, illuminating, imperative, informative, initiatory, instructive, introductory, jussive, lecturing, mandating, mandatory, obligating, official, peremptory, preaching, prescribed, prescript, prescriptive, propaedeutic, regulation, rubric, self-teaching, standard, statutory, teaching, tuitionary
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