Meanings
adjectivepreceptial (comparative more preceptial, superlative most preceptial)
comparative more preceptial · superlative most preceptial
- obsoletepreceptive
[…] 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] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]
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Translations
Russian назида́тельный, ме́нторский
- назида́тельный (nazidátelʹnyj)preceptive
- ме́нторский (méntorskij)preceptive
- настави́тельный (nastavítelʹnyj)preceptive
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preceptial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preceptial
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“preceptial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preceptial. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preceptial,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preceptial.
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