regula

[ reg-yuh-luh ]

noun

, plural reg·u·lae [reg, -y, uh, -lee].

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of regula¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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The statute just mentioned continues the regula regulans, as to the appointment of tutors-at-law for lunatics.

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Sub stricta instruens regula, uultu et habitu, sermone et uita, se eis in exemplum exhibuit.

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The Regula monachorum of Isidore was adopted by many of the monasteries in Spain during the 7th and 8th centuries.

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The content of these confessions is called by the earlier Fathers the regula fidei, or rule of faith.

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