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preceptial

preceptial adjective: preceptive.

Adjective

preceptial (comparative more preceptial, superlative most preceptial)

  1. (obsolete) preceptive
    • […] for, brother, men
      Can counsel and speak comfort to that grief
      Which they themselves not feel; but, tasting it,
      Their counsel turns to passion, which before
      Would give preceptial medicine to rage […]1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Forms of preceptial

comparativemore preceptial
superlativemost preceptial

Origin of preceptial

From precept + -ial.

Questions about preceptial

What does preceptial mean?
Preceptial means preceptive.
What part of speech is preceptial?
Preceptial is an adjective.

Words near preceptial in the dictionary

  1. precepits
  2. precept
  3. precepted
  4. preceptee
  5. preceptees
  6. preceptial
  7. precepting
  8. preception
  9. preceptions
  10. preceptism
  11. preceptist

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