precept i on (presepshon)

[ tion, L. præceptio ( n- ), a taking or receiving beforehand, an injunction, Bp. Hall , Honour of Married Clergy, § xviii. preceptive (pre-sep'tiv), a. [ Not expounding, but obeying the preceptive words of their Lord. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 116. For it is the same thing which is denominated the law (of Moses, or of Christ) from the preceptive part, and a covenant from the terms, or sanction, especially the promi ory part. Baxter , Divine Appointment of the Lord's [Day, v., Postscript.