| dictum(noun, saying, maxim, statement, proverb) |
| maxim(noun, regulation, belief, true) |
| apothegm(noun, regulation, belief, true) |
| gnome(noun, regulation, significance, test) |
| axiom(noun, regulation, belief, understand) |
| precept(noun, saying, decree, proverb) |
| moral(noun, regulation, belief, true) |
| truism(noun, regulation, belief, true) |
| rule(noun, regulation, belief, true) |
| brocard(noun, expression, regulation, order) |
| assize(noun, regulation, order, test) |
| basis(noun, regulation, order, test) |
| keynote(noun, regulation, order, test) |
| keystone(noun, regulation, order, test) |
| canon(noun, regulation, order, test) |
| command(noun, regulation, order, test) |
| commandment(noun, regulation, order, test) |
| criterion(noun, regulation, order, test) |
| decorum(noun, regulation, order, test) |
| decree(noun, regulation, order, test) |