preceptive

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We might infer this from the extent of the reading, which was sufficient for all the preceptive parts of the Pentateuch.

From Companion to the Bible by Barrows, E. P. (Elijah Porter)

Man′datory, containing a mandate or command; preceptive: directory.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Rubrics, directive and preceptive, in administration of the Sacraments, 2669 c.

From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome

But love is a potent and untameable passion, disdaining the narrow limitations of preceptive constancy.

From The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel by West, Jane

If every providential power is also preceptive, the answer must be given in the affirmative.

From Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive by Presbytery, The Reformed