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   Reg·i·ment

   noun

   • 1. a permanent unit of an army typically commanded by a colonel and divided into several companies, squadrons, or batteries and often into two battalions: "two or three miles inland a highly experienced artillery regiment had established a defensive position"
   • ▪ an operational unit of artillery.
   • ▪ a large array or number of people or things: "a neat regiment of jars and bottles"
   • 2. rule or government over a person, people, or country: archaic "the powers of ecclesiastical regiment which none but the Church should wield"

   verb

   • 1. organize according to a strict, sometimes oppressive system or pattern: "every aspect of their life is strictly regimented"
   • 2. form (troops) into a regiment or regiments. rare

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘rule or government’): via Old French from late Latin regimentum ‘rule’, from regere ‘to rule’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. regimentation noun

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