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; see -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

A little later the man who did not think that the principle of Concentration in education was a regula aurea was thought to be hopeless.

From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene

The regula as a matter of course, was regarded as Apostolic.

From History of Dogma, Volume 1 (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