PRECEPTOR  , a teacher or instructor, the classical meaning of the Latin praeceptor, from praecipere, literally to take in advance, hence to give rules or " precepts," advise, See also:

• TEACH [THATCH OR THACH], EDWARD (d. 1718)

teach . As an educational See also:

• TERM

term in See also:

• ENGLISH

English the word is See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar through the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College of Preceptors, a chartered society chiefly composed of private teachers; it was incorporated in 1849 and was one of the first professional bodies to See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

institute See also:

• REGULAR

regular courses of pedagogic lectures and to See also:

• AWARD (from O. Fr. ewart, or esguart, cf. " reward ")

award after examination the titles of licentiate and See also:

• ASSOCIATE (Lat. associates, from ad, to, and sociare to join)

associate to teachers . It also holds See also:

• EXAMINATIONS

examinations for pupils . In See also:

• POST

post-classical Latin praeceptor meant a See also:

• COMMANDER

commander, praecipere, to See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order, enjoin, and the term was adopted by the Knights See also:

• TEMPLARS

Templars for the heads of the provincial communities of knights established on their estates . These communities and the estates themselves were known as " preceptories," and answered to the " commanderies " of the Hospitallers .