preceptive

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If every providential power is also preceptive, the answer must be given in the affirmative.

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 Presbytery, The Reformed

Man′datory, containing a mandate or command; preceptive: directory.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

In the investigation, I had learned, more distinctly than before, that the preceptive code of the Law was an essentially imperfect and temporary system, given "for the hardness of men's hearts."

From Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed by Newman, Francis William

We might infer this from the extent of the reading, which was sufficient for all the preceptive parts of the Pentateuch.

From Companion to the Bible by Barrows, E. P. (Elijah Porter)

It is the abstract, preceptive, and barren form, and the presumptuous manner in which these are presented that they detest.

From Children and Their Books by Penniman, James Hosmer