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Directed; prescribed.

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Bylaw 76% connected

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Canon 76% connected

A law or rule.

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Dictate 76% connected

To tell or utter so that another may write down; to inspire; to compose; as, to dictate a letter to an amanuensis.

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Etiquette 76% connected

The forms required by good breeding, or prescribed by authority, to be observed in social or official life; observance of the proprieties of rank and…

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Order 76% connected

Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

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Ordinance 76% connected

Orderly arrangement; preparation; provision.

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Precept 76% connected

To teach by precepts.

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Principle 76% connected

Beginning; commencement.

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Protocol 76% connected

The original copy of any writing, as of a deed, treaty, dispatch, or other instrument.

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Regulation 76% connected

The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.

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Rubric 76% connected

That part of any work in the early manuscripts and typography which was colored red, to distinguish it from other portions.

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Direction 76% connected

The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Instruction 76% connected

The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information.

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Derivationally related 2

Decree 74% connected

An order from one having authority, deciding what is to be done by a subordinate; also, a determination by one having power, deciding what is to be d…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Decree 74% connected

An order from one having authority, deciding what is to be done by a subordinate; also, a determination by one having power, deciding what is to be d…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Containing whole 1

Book 70% connected

A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing c…

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Synonym 1

Rule 92% connected

That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a r…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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