preceptor

• “Now it is not probable that a man chosen for a preceptor was a Frank.”

  A Philosophical Dictionary

• “My preceptor is a MD, JD and chief of critical care department and does consulting work with insurance companies.”

  The Volokh Conspiracy » The ABA Wasn’t Always Liberal:

• “Granted, the project does not hold my interest in the least, but my preceptor is a jovial fellow.”

  qdiosa Diary Entry

• “His preceptor was the famous Vincent de Paul, Almoner to Queen Anne of”

  Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete

• “Thou art called the preceptor that subsists only on the froth of water.”

  The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12

• “The preceptor is the helmsman, and knowledge is the boat (aided by whom and which one succeeds in crossing the ocean of the world).”

  The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12

• “The lands attached to a single house were placed under the command of a knight of the order, who formerly was called a preceptor, but afterwards took the title of commander.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability

• “I am easy about the instruction my royal pupil will receive; the wise prelate named by the King as his preceptor will be a powerful auxiliary for me.”

  The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X

• “In the epic poems he is identified with Śukra, the regent of the planet Venus, and described as the preceptor of the Asuras or Daityas, and possessor of vast knowledge.”

  Ramayana. English

• “He resumed his classical studies at the school taught by the Rev. Robert Archibald, near Poplar Tent, as appears by the following certificate, in the irregular hand and crooked lines of his preceptor, which is the only evidence at hand of the classical school in that congregation immediately after the war.”

  Sketches of North Carolina, Historical and Biographical, Illustrative of the Principles of a Portion of Her Early Settlers

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