Preceptive

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Containing or giving precepts; of the nature of precepts; didactic; as, the preceptive parts of the Scriptures. The lesson given us here is preceptive to us. - L'Estrange.

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