regimentnoun/ˈɹɛd͡ʒɪmənt/

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  governmentmilitarypoliticsA unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units.

  • It was an old, withered man, who had served the Government in the days of the Mutiny as a native officer in a newly raised cavalry regiment.
  • As the prime minister insisted that he had "never told a lie" in his life, the Tory leader attacked him for ordering Scottish troops into battle with no warning that their regiments would be disbanded.
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  archaicRule or governance over a person, place etc.; government, authority.

  • What place is there in all the world, not ſubiect to the regiment and power of this citie?
  • Then loyall loue had royall regiment, And each vnto his luſt did make a lawe, From all forbidden things his liking to withdraw.
• 3

  obsoleteThe state or office of a ruler; rulership.

  • But this it is that doth excruciate The verie ſubſtance of my vexed ſoule: To ſee our neighbours that were wont to quake And tremble at the Perſean Monarkes name, Now ſits and laughs our regiment to ſcorne, […]
• 4

  obsoleteInfluence or control exercised by someone or something (especially a planet).

  • Nature that fram’d vs of foure Elements, Warring within our breaſts for regiment, Doth teach vs all to haue aſpyring minds:
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  obsoleteA place under a particular rule; a kingdom or domain.

  • An auncient booke[…] That of this lands firſt conqueſt did deuize, And old diuiſion into Regiments, […]
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  obsoletemedicinesciencesA regimen.

regimentverb/ˈɹɛd͡ʒɪmənt/

• 1

  To form soldiers into a regiment.

  • The people are organized or regimented into bodies, and special functions are relegated to the several units.
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  To systematize, or put in rigid order.

  • The result was a tidy, law-abiding country, but one that visitors often described as regimented, sterile and dull.