prescript (n.)
- act
- adage
- ana
- analects
- aphorism
- apothegm
- axiom
- bill
- bylaw
- byword
- canon
- catchword
- charge
- command
- commission
- decree
- dictate
- dictation
- dictum
- direction
- directive
- distich
- edict
- enactment
- epigram
- expression
- form
- formality
- formula
- formulary
- gnome
- injunction
- institute
- institution
- instruction
- jus
- law
- legislation
- lex
- maxim
- measure
- moral
- mot
- motto
- oracle
- order
- ordinance
- phrase
- precept
- prescription
- proverb
- proverbs
- regulation
- rubric
- rule
- ruling
- saw
- saying
- sentence
- statute
- sutra
- teaching
- text
- verse
- wisdom
- witticism
- word