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

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

Supra quadratas crustas discurrunt tres fasciæ et tres velut astragali, quorum duo teretes, supremus quadratus velut regula.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander

Nuper ventosa isthæc et enormis loquacitas Athenas ex Asia commigravit, animosque juvenum ad magna surgentes veluti pestilenti quodam sidere afflavit; simulque corruptæ eloquentiæ regula stetit et obtinuit.

From A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements by Tacitus, Cornelius

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

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