rule
noun
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc..
rulable
-
a word derived from
rule.
Example Sentences
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“It is rulable to put the deacons’ box under the pulpit,” said Hiram; and then, as if he had ventured too much, he added, “but there’s different fashions in different Countries.”
From The Pioneers by James Fenimore Cooper
She said she would not think of going in Ballardsville, but she supposed it was more rulable in New York.
From The Kentons by William Dean Howells
It may not be rulable nor dignified," he begins hotly, "but I demand a moment's hearing.
From The Diamond Coterie by Lawrence L. Lynch
It is thus not rulable to push with the head, shoulder or elbow.
From Camping For Boys by Henry William Gibson
Figures are also preferable in uneven sums of money too long to be written with one, or at most two words; per cent., as well, is rulable in figures.
From Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society by Maud C. Cooke
