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  • noun Plural form of preceptor.

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Examples

  • But his great contributions were reorganizing the curriculum, changing the courses so as to modernize them, changing the teaching methods, introducing what he called preceptors who worked closely with the students instead of just lecturing them from a platform.

    Woodrow Wilson: A Biography 1992

  • Either the act was no sin, and her preceptors were all deceivers; or it was indeed a sin in the eyes of God, but He refrained from stern justice for high reasons of His own.

    The Promised Land 1912

  • This year, the guidance provided by SOP faculty and mentors known as preceptors and the School's continued focus on expanding the pharmacist's role in health care were dominant themes in the awards presentations at the association's 2010 annual convention.

    Newswise: Latest News 2010

  • He hired 50 young professors, called preceptors, to meet with students in small conferences, grilling them about their reading.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • He hired 50 young professors, called preceptors, to meet with students in small conferences, grilling them about their reading.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • He hired 50 young professors, called preceptors, to meet with students in small conferences, grilling them about their reading.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • He hired 50 young professors, called preceptors, to meet with students in small conferences, grilling them about their reading.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • He hired 50 young professors, called preceptors, to meet with students in small conferences, grilling them about their reading.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • He hired 50 young professors, called preceptors, to meet with students in small conferences, grilling them about their reading. to build Oxford-style colleges where students and faculty would eat and talk together. eating clubs

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Who, however, will leave that spot where exists in its entirety that behaviour between disciples and preceptors which is consistent with what has been laid down in the scriptures?

    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

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