Definition of precepts:
(n) :
A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
(n) :
(law) A written command, especially a demand for payment.
(n) :
(UK) An order issued by one local authority to another specifying the rate of tax to be charged on its behalf.
(n) :
A rate or tax set by a precept.
(v) :
(intransitive, chiefly US, medicine) To act as a preceptor; to teach a physician-in-training by supervising their clinical practice.
(v) :
(transitive, obsolete) To teach (something) by precepts.