preceptive

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: pre=cep=tive

CIDE DICTIONARY

preceptive, a. [L. praeceptivus.].

 Containing or giving precepts; of the nature of precepts; didactic; as, the preceptive parts of the Scriptures.  [1913 Webster]
"The lesson given us here is preceptive to us."  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

preceptive

authoritative, autodidactic, binding, canonical, coeducational, commanding, compelling, cultural, decretal, decretive, decretory, dictated, dictating, didactic, directive, disciplinary, edifying, educating, educational, educative, enlightening, exhortatory, formulary, hard and fast, homiletic, hortatory, illuminating, imperative, informative, initiatory, instructive, introductory, jussive, lecturing, mandating, mandatory, obligating, official, peremptory, preaching, prescribed, prescript, prescriptive, propaedeutic, regulation, rubric, self-teaching, standard, statutory, teaching, tuitionary