Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining or belonging to a preceptor: as, preceptorial functions.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a preceptor.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to a
preceptor .
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Examples
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The preceptorial system, soon moribund, had become nominal.
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Then Drona, desirous of humiliating king Drupada, called together his disciples and addressed them, 'Ye sinless ones, it behoveth you, after you have been accomplished in arms, to give me as preceptorial fee something that I cherish in my heart.'
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Dhritarashtra accomplished in arms, Drona thought the time had come when he could demand the preceptorial fee.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Dhritarashtra accomplished in arms, Drona thought the time had come when he could demand the preceptorial fee.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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After the preceptorial letters cease the others are concerned with domestic events, health and sickness, visits or introductions, birth or death.
Meditations Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius
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And, look here, Arjuna, give me now the preceptorial fee in the presence of these thy cousins and relatives. '
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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And, look here, Arjuna, give me now the preceptorial fee in the presence of these thy cousins and relatives. '
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Then Drona, desirous of humiliating king Drupada, called together his disciples and addressed them, 'Ye sinless ones, it behoveth you, after you have been accomplished in arms, to give me as preceptorial fee something that I cherish in my heart.'
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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The preceptorial system, soon moribund, had become nominal.
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So long as tutors and governesses only had to deal with their own pupils, all went well, but when the brothers and sisters were all together, and influenced by the spirit of insubordination and love of playing pranks which the elder ones brought back from school, we made life hard and sour to the preceptorial body.
Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville Prince De Joinville 1859
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