regula

American  

[reg-yuh-luh] / ˈrɛg yə lə /

noun

plural

regulae

1. (in a Doric entablature) a fillet, continuing a triglyph beneath the taenia, from which guttae are suspended.

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Etymology

Origin of regula

1555–65; < Latin rēgula ruler, pattern (akin to rēx king, regere to rule; -ule )

Example Sentences

One popular proposal is to create an apolitical board to review all regula tions, set priorities and eliminate much of the confusion and expense of conflicting laws.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1976, says the report, the department provided a fertilizer company directed by Businessman Louis Luyt, 46, with $15 million in government cash �a direct violation of treasury regula tions.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nulla regula firma dari potest de impotentia physiologica senectutis in maribus.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

Symbols of faith were already drawn up which contained a peculiar mixture of Origen's theology with the inflexible Antignostic regula fidei.

From History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) by Buchanan, Neil

I. 21: "regula sacramenti;" likewise V. 20, a passage specially instructive as to the fact that there can be only one regula.

From History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) by Buchanan, Neil