What does "prescript" mean?

Something prescribed; a rule, regulation or dictate.

What is a synonym for "prescript"?

Common synonyms include: rule, absolute, act, adage, ana, analects.

Pronounced //ˈpɹiːskɹɪpt//.

//ˈpɹiːskɹɪpt// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
Something prescribed; a rule, regulation or dictate.
"By his prescript a sanctuary is framed Of cedar"
2
prescribed guide for conduct or action wordnet
3
A medical prescription. obsolete
"Nor did he ever with so much regret submit unto any prescript, as when his physicians, after his great fever that he had in Oxford , required him to eat suppers."

Adjective

1
Directed; prescribed. not-comparable
"A Holy place is ſomething, a ſeparate time is ſomething, a preſcript form of words is more, and ſeparate and ſolemn actions are more yet; but all theſe are made common by a common perſon, and therefore without a diſtinction of perſons have not a natural and reaſonable diſtinction and ſolemnity and exterior religion."

"By his prescript a sanctuary is framed Of cedar"

Latin praescriptum: compare Old French prescript.

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