Synonyms of the word

precept

• n. A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
• n. (law) A written command, especially a demand for payment.
• v. (obsolete) To teach by precepts.

commandment

• n. Something that must be obeyed; a command or edict.
• n. The act of commanding; exercise of authority.
• n. (law) The offence of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.

doctrine

• n. A belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters.
• n. The body of teachings of an ideology, most often a religion, or of an ideological or religious leader,…

ism

• n. An ideology, system of thought, or practice that can be described by a word ending in -ism.
• n. Specifically, a form of discrimination, such as racism or sexism.

philosophy

• n. (uncountable, originally) The love of wisdom.
• n. (uncountable) An academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism.
• n. (countable) A comprehensive system of belief.
• n. (countable) A view or outlook regarding fundamental principles underlying some domain.
• n. (countable) A general principle (usually moral).
• n. (archaic) A broader branch of (non-applied) science.
• n. (French printing, dated) Synonym of small pica.
• v. (now rare) To philosophize.

prescript

• n. Something prescribed; a rule, regulation or dictate.
• n. (obsolete) A medical prescription.
• adj. Directed; prescribed.

principle

• n. A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.
• n. A rule used to choose among solutions to a problem.
• n. (sometimes pluralized) Moral rule or aspect.
• n. (physics) A rule or law of nature, or the basic idea on how the laws of nature are applied.
• n. A fundamental essence, particularly one producing a given quality.
• n. (obsolete) A beginning.
• n. A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance;…
• n. An original faculty or endowment.
• v. (transitive) To equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain principles; to impress with any…

rule

• n. A regulation, law, guideline.
• n. A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
• n. A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as…
• n. A regulating principle.
• n. The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
• n. A normal condition or state of affairs.
• n. (obsolete) Conduct; behaviour.
• n. (law) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or…
• n. (mathematics) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
• n. (printing, dated) A thin plate of brass or other metal, of the same height as the type, and used for printing…
• v. (transitive) To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
• v. (slang, intransitive) To excel.
• v. (transitive) To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).
• v. (intransitive) To decide judicially.
• v. (transitive) To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by…

teaching

• n. Something taught by a religious or philosophical authority.
• n. The profession of teaching.
• v. present participle of teach.