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

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

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

That Tertullian regards the baptismal confession as identical with the regula fidei, just as Irenæus does, is shown by the fact that in de spectac.

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

"Et fecerunt de regula prima ministri removeri capitulum istud de prohibitionibus sancti evangelii, sicut frater Leo scribit."

From Life of St. Francis of Assisi by Houghton, Louise Seymour

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

From The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints by MacAlister, R.A. Stewart