precept

Example Sentences

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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

Council tax includes a so-called police precept, which helps fund services such as regular community policing.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2025

While generally true, the precept doesn’t hold in the case of playwright Athol Fugard, whose body of work helped transform the history of his nation.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2025

Some mayors also have powers to charge their own precept on council tax - although not all those that do have that power actually charge one.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2024

It is an interesting precept on which to found a ministry: The First Evangelical Baptist Church of the Twin-Prone.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver