Both Uses
precept
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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- And these few precepts in thy memory
Look thou character.†Scene 1.3precepts = rules for behavior - No, I went round to work,
And my young mistress thus I did bespeak:
'Lord Hamlet is a prince, out of thy sphere;
This must not be:' and then I precepts gave her,
That she should lock herself from his resort,
Admit no messengers, receive no tokens.†Scene 2.2 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(precept) a rule for behavior -- especially a shared moral doctrine
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)