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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 274 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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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. As an educational See also:term in See also:English the word is See also:familiar through the See also: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 See also:regular courses of pedagogic lectures and to See also:award after examination the titles of licentiate and See also:associate to teachers. It also holds See also:examinations for pupils. In See also:post-classical Latin praeceptor meant a See also:commander, praecipere, to See also:order, enjoin, and the term was adopted by the Knights See also: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.

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