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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

praeceptor

, fr.

praecipere

to teach: cf. F.

précepteur

. See

One who gives commands, or makes rules; specifically, the master or principal of a school; a teacher; an instructor.

The head of a preceptory among the Knights Templars.

Sir W. Scott.

Noun.

[L. proeceptor. See Precept.]

In a general sense, a teacher; an instructor.

In a restricted sense, the teacher of a school; sometimes, the principal teacher of an academy or other seminary.