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precept

[pree-sept] / ˈpri sɛpt /


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Parish and town councils can also levy a charge - known as a precept - to fund their work, which is not subject to a cap.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

In a sprawling nation founded on the precept of individual liberty and populated primarily by immigrants from around the world, there was hardly one American experience.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

"We tell people that if you follow the rules, your vote counts, and this effort is really going hard after that basic precept of democracy," she told Salon in a phone interview.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2025

From them, he says, he internalized the feminist precept that “the personal is political.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024

As we did what he told us to do, he said: “Okay, so who can tell me what a precept is? Does anyone know?”

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio




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