preceptive
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The value which we attach to the volume depends, however, rather on its preceptive than its antiquarian character.
From On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by John Ruskin
That the preceptive will of God is to be our only rule of duty, few Christians deny.
From War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus Christ by David Low Dodge
Chief among these is the collection of Don Fernando Juncos, of San Juan, which contains 15,000 volumes of classic and preceptive literature and social and economic science, 1,200 volumes of which bear the author's autographs.
From The History of Puerto Rico From the Spanish Discovery to the American Occupation by R. A. (Rudolph Adams) Van Middeldyk
On the contrary, Prudence is preceptive, according to Ethic. vi, 10.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Thomas Aquinas
It will not be refused, that all such preceptive magistrates are also providential.
From Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive by The Reformed Presbytery
