Its secret kick for a subversive like Shchukin was precisely that it violated every sacred Beaux-Arts precept enshrined in the flawless public nudes that filled the Paris salons.
Landmark Ruling Enshrines Right to Own Guns
By LINDA GREENHOUSE
The ruling embraced the view that the Second Amendment protects the personal right to own a gun and seemed certain to usher in litigation around the U.S
The word received conveys its original meaning of accepted or approved – as in "
received wisdom".
enshrine
1 to contain or keep as if in a holy place
Almost two and a half million war dead are enshrined at Yasukuni.
A lot of memories are enshrined in this photograph album.
2 be enshrined in sth
The right of freedom of speech is enshrined in law/in the constitution.
precept Hide phonetics
noun [C] FORMAL
a rule for action or behaviour, especially obtained from moral consideration:
This policy goes against common precepts of decency.
pre・cept
━━ n. 教訓, 規範; 格言; 【法】命令書.pre・cep・tor ━━ n. 教師; 校長; 訓戒者.
pre・cep・to・ri・al a., n. 教授者の, 教師の; (大学の)個人指導授業.
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