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Precept Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is TENET which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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97%5Exact Match!
noun

• a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof

96%4Exact Match!
noun

• a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior

• something regarded as a normative example

• prescribed guide for conduct or action

• (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice

• a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct

• the duration of a monarch's or government's power

• dominance or power through legal authority

• directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted

• any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order

• a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system

• (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems

• measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths

verb

• exercise authority over; as of nations

• decide with authority

• be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

• decide on and make a declaration about

• have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac

• mark or draw with a ruler

• keep in check

95%8Exact Match!
noun

• a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

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The Guardian Quick11 Aug 2022 Down 18
New York Times01 May 2022 Across 150
New York Times29 Dec 2013 Across 97
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