Reg"i*ment (-ment), n. [F. régiment a regiment of men, OF. also government, L. regimentum government, fr. regere to guide, rule. See Regimen.]
1.
Government; mode of ruling; rule; authority; regimen. [Obs.] Spenser. "Regiment of health." Bacon.
But what are kings, when regiment is gone,
But perfect shadows in a sunshine day?
Marlowe.
The law of nature doth now require of necessity some kind of regiment.
Hocker.
2.
A region or district governed. [Obs.] Spenser.
3. (Mil.)
A body of men, either horse, foot, or artillery, commanded by a colonel, and consisting of a number of companies, usually ten.
⇒ In the British army all the artillery are included in one regiment, which (reversing the usual practice) is divided into brigades.
Regiment of the line (Mil.), a regiment organized for general service; -- in distinction from those (as the Life Guards) whose duties are usually special. [Eng.]
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Reg"i*ment (-m?nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regimented; p. pr. & vb. n. Regimenting.]
To form into a regiment or into regiments. Washington.
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Reg"i*ment, v. t.
To form into classified units or bodies; to systematize according to classes, districts or the like.
The people are organized or regimented into bodies, and special functions are relegated to the several units.
J. W. Powell.
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