The family gathered promptly and noisily-school-girls, half a dozen or more, Mr. Hammond, the principal of the academy, Miss Molten, the Preceptress, Mrs. Brookley, the music-teacher, Dr. Van Anden, the new physician, Mr. and Mrs. Holland, and Mr. Arnett, Mr. Holland's clerk.
"Ester Ried"
Pansy (aka. Isabella M. Alden)
The child glanced towards her mother, who was standing by a window, and I saw who was her Preceptress.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
I served as Preceptress, and was closely confined in school work.
"A Woman's Life-Work Labors and Experiences"
Laura S. Haviland