Hyphenation of precept

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word precept? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

pre-cept

Definitions of precept:

1.	Rule of personal conduct
2.	A doctrine that is taught The teachings of religion He believed all the Christian precepts

Synonyms of precept:

noun	principle, rule, prescript
noun	teaching, commandment, doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism

Last hyphenations of this language

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