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

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

We still possess in great part verbatim the regula of Apelles, in Epiphan II.

From History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) by Buchanan, Neil

In the temples at Bassae, Paestum and Selinus, instances have been found where the guttae had been carved separately and sunk into holes cut in the soffit of the mutules and the regula.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various