| Preceptive (a.) Containing or giving precepts; of the nature of precepts; didactic; as, the preceptive parts of the Scriptures. Thesaurus Entries authoritative, autodidactic, binding, canonical, coeducational, commanding, compelling, cultural, decretal, decretive, decretory, dictated, dictating, didactic, directive, disciplinary, edifying, educating, educational, educative, enlightening, exhortatory, formulary, hard and fast, homiletic, hortatory, illuminating, imperative, informative, initiatory, instructive, introductory, jussive, lecturing, mandating, mandatory, obligating, official, peremptory, preaching, prescribed, prescript, prescriptive, propaedeutic, regulation, rubric, self-teaching, standard, statutory, teaching, tuitionary |