regentship 
regentship (re' jent-ship), . [< regent + 
-fillip.] The office or dignity of a regent, es- 
pecially of a vicegerent, or one who governs for 
a king; regency. 
If York have ill demean 'd himself in France, 
Then let him be denay 'd the regentship. 
Sluik., -2 Hen. VI., i. 3. 107. 
regerminate (re-jer'mi-nat), r. i. [< L. re- 
germinatus, pp. of regerminare, sprout again, 
< re-, again, + germinare, sprout, germinate: 
see germinate.'] To germinate again. 
regermination (re-jer-mi-na'shon), H. [< L. 
regerminatio(n-), < regerminare, pp. regermina- 
tus, sprout again : see regerminate.'] A sprout- 
ing or germination anew. 
The Jews commonly express resurrection by regermina- 
tion, or growing up again like a plant. 
Gregory, Notes on Scripture, p. 125. 
regestt (re-jest'), t>. t. [< L. regestus, pp. of rc- 
gerere, throw or cast back, retort, also record, 
chronicle, < re-, back, + gerere, carry: see 
gesfi.'] To throw back ; retort. 
Who can say, it is other than righteous, that thou 
shouldest regeet one day upon us, Depart from me, ye 
wicked? /.'/ Hall, Contemplations, ill. 6. 
regestt (re-jest'), . [< F. (obs.) regeste, pi. re- 
gestes (= Pg. registo, resisto), a register, < L. re- 
gestmn (pi. regesta), neut. of regestus, pp. of re- 
gerere, record: see regest, v. Cf. register*.] A 
register. 
Old legends and Cathedral! regesti. 
Milton, Hist. Eng., iii. 
reget (re-get'), v. t. [< re- + gefi.] 1. To get 
or obtain again. 
And then desire in Oascoign to reget 
The glory lost. Darnel, Civil Warn, vt. 71. 
2f. To generate or bear again. 
Tovy, although the mother of vs all, 
Regetts [read regests ?\ thee in her wombe. 
Dames, Scourge of Folly, p. 52. (Damet.) 
reghtet, adr. A Middle English form of right. 
regiam majestatem (re'ji-am maj-es-ta'tem). 
[So called from these words at the beginning 
of the collection ; L. : regiam, ace. fern, of re- 
aim, pertaining to a king, royal (< rex (reg-), 
king); majestatem, ace. of majestas, majes- 
ty: see majesty.'] A collection of early laws, 
said to have been compiled by the order of 
David I., king of Scotland. It resembles so closely 
the Tractatiti de Legibus, supposed to have been written 
by Glanvil in the reign of Henry 11., that no doubt one was 
copied from the other. 
regiant (re'ji-an), n. [< L. regius, of a king (see 
regions), + -OH.] 1. An adherent or upholder 
of regalism. 
This is alleged and urged by our regiam to prove the 
king's paramount power in ecclesiasticis. 
Fuller, Ch. Hist, II. iii. 88. 
2. A royalist. 
Arthur Wilson . . . favours all Republicans, and never 
speaks well of regiam (it is his own distinctions) if he can 
possibly avoid it. 
Bp. Hacket, Abp. Williams, i. 39. (Dame*.) 
regiblet (rej'i-bl), a. [= It. regt/ibile = Sp. re- 
gible, < LL. regibilis, that may be ruled, gov- 
ernable, tractable, < L. regere, rule : see regent.] 
Governable. 
regicidal (rej'i-si-dal), a. [< regicide' 2 ' + -a/.] 
Consisting in, relating to, or having the nature 
of regicide; tending to regicide. 
regicide 1 (rej'i-sid), n. [= F. regicide = Sp. 
Pg. It. regicida, < L. rex (reg-), a king, -I- -cida, 
< csedere, kill.] A king-killer; one who puts 
a king to death; specifically, in Eng. hist., a 
member of the high court of justice constituted 
by Parliament for the trial of Charles I., by 
which he was found guilty of treason and sen- 
tenced to death in 1649. 
The regicides who sat on the life of our late King were 
brought to tryal in the Old Bailey. 
Evelyn, Diary, Oct. 11, 1660. 
regicide 2 (rej'i-sid), n. [= F. regicide = Sp. 
Pg. It. regicidio, the slaying of a king, < L. rex 
(reg-), king, + -cidium, a killing, < csedere, kill.] 
The killing of a king. 
Did Fate, or we, when great Atrides dy'd, 
Urge the bold traitor to the Regicide? 
Fenton, in Pope's Odyssey, i. 48. 
regifugium (re-ji-fu'ji-um), . ; pi. regifugia 
(-$) [= p g- regifugio, < LL. regifugium, 'the 
king's flight,' < L. rex (reg-), king, + fuga, 
flight; < fvgere, flee : see fugitive.'] An ancient 
Roman annual festival, held, according to some 
ancient writers, in celebration of the flight of 
Tarquin the Proud. 
regild (re-gild'), c. t. [< re- + gildl.] To gild 
anew. 
regime (ra-zhem'), n. [< F. regime, < L. regi- 
men, direction, government: see regimen.'] 1. 
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Mode, system, or style of rule or management ; 
government, especially as connected with cer- 
tain social features ; administration ; rule. 
The industrial regime is distinguished from the preda- 
tory regime in this, that mutual dependence becomes 
great and direct, while mutual antagonism becomes small 
and indirect. H. Spencer, Prin. of 1'sychol., 525. 
2. In French hue, specifically, the system of 
property rights under the marriage relation, 
fixed upon by the parties by an ante-nuptial 
contract. The principal systems are regime de com- 
munavtf (see community property, under community), re- 
gime de separation de biens, and regime dotal (see dot2). 
Ancient regime [F. ancien regime], a former style or 
system of government ; an ancient social system ; spe- 
cifically, the political and social system which prevailed 
in France before the revolution of 1789. 
regimen (rej'i-men), .; pi. regimens, regimina 
(rej'i-menz, re-jim'i-na). [= OF. regime, F. re- 
gime = Sp. regimen = Pg. regimen, regime = It. 
regimine, < L. regimen, guidance, direction, gov- 
ernment, rule, < regere, rule : see regent. Cf . re- 
gime.] 1. Orderly government or system ; sys- 
tem of order; government; control. 
It concerneth the regimen and government of every 
man over himself, and not over others. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 278. 
Time . . . restored the giddy revellers to the regimen 
of sober thought. 0. W. Holmes, Emerson, \vi. 
2. Any regulation or remedy which is intended 
to produce beneficial effects by gradual opera- 
tion; specifically, in med., the regulation of 
diet, exercise, etc., with a view to the pres- 
ervation or restoration of health, or for the 
attainment of a determinate result ; a course 
of living according to certain rules : sometimes 
used as equivalent to hygiene, but most com- 
monly used as a synonym for diet 1 , 2. 
My Father's disorder appeared to be a dropsy, an in- 
disposition the most unsuspected, being a person so ex- 
emplaryly temperate, and of admirable regimen. 
Evelyn, Diary, Oct. 30, 1640. 
Yet I have heard you were ill yourself, and kept your 
bed : . . . this was (I imagine) only by way of regimen, 
and not from necessity. Gray, Letters, I. 340. 
3. In zool., habit or mode of life with regard 
to eating; choice of food; dietetics: as, an 
animal or a vegetable regimen; carnivorous 
regimen. 4. In gram.: (a) Government; the 
control which one word exercises over the form 
of another in connection with it. 
The grammarians posit the absence of regimen as one of 
the differential features of a conjunction. 
F. Hall, False Philol., p. 84. 
(6) The word or words so governed. 
regiment (rej'i-ment), n. [< ME. regiment, rege- 
ment, < OF. regiment, regement, government, 
sway, later a regiment of soldiers, = Pr. regi- 
ment = Sp. regimiento, government, a regiment, 
= Pg. regimento = It. reggimento. < LL. regimen- 
turn, rule, government, < L. regere, rule : see re- 
gent. Cf. regimen, regime.] If. Rule ; govern- 
ment; authority. 
That for hens forth y' he be under the regement and 
gouernance of the Mayr and Aldermen of the same cite. 
Charter o.f London, in Arnold's Chronicle, p. 43. 
The first Blast of the Trumpet against the monstrous 
Regiment of Women. Knox, title of work. 
The regiment of Debora, who ruled twentie yeares with 
religion. Lyly, Euphues and his England, p. 455. 
2f. A district ruled ; a kingdom. 
The triple-parted regiment 
That froward Saturn gave unto his sons. 
Greene, Orlando Furioso. 
3f. Rule of diet ; regimen. 
This may bring her to eat, to sleep, and reduce what 's 
now out of square with her into their former law and 
regiment. 
Fletcher (and another), Two Noble Kinsmen, iv. 8. 
4. Milit., a body of soldiers, consisting of one 
or more battalions of infantry, or of several 
squadrons of cavalry, commanded by a colonel, 
or of a certain division of artillery, it is the 
largest permanent association of soldiers, and the third 
subdivision of an army-corps, several regiments constitut- 
ing a brigade, and several brigades a division. These com- 
binations are, however, temporary, while in the regiment 
the same officers serve continuously, and in command of 
the same bodies of men. The strength of a regiment may 
vary greatly, as any regiment may comprise any number 
of battalions. The organization of the British Royal Artil- 
lery is anomalous, the whole body forming one regiment. 
In 1880 it comprised nearly 35,000 officers and men, distrib- 
uted in 30 brigades, each of which is as large as an ordi- 
nary regiment. In the United States service the full 
strength of cavalry regiments is about 1,200 each ; of artil- 
lery, about 600; of infantry, 500; but these numbers are 
subject to inevitable variations. Abbreviated regt 
We'll set forth 
In best appointment all our regiments. 
Shah., K. John, ii. 1. 296. 
Marching regiment. See marchz. Royal regiment 
of artillery. See artillery. 
region 
regiment (rej'i-ment), t 1 . t. [= Sp. rtgimeiitiu: 
form into regiments; from the noun.] To 
form into a regiment or into regiments with 
proper officers; hence, to organize ; bring un- 
der a definite system of command, authority, 
or interdependence. 
If women were to be regimental, he would carry an 
army into the field without beat of drum. 
Richardson, Sir Charles Orandison, III. 314. (Davies.) 
regimental (rej-i-meu'tal), o. and . [= Pg. 
rciji mental; as regiment + -al.] I. a. Of or 
pertaining to a regiment: as, regimental offi- 
cers; regimen tal clothing. 
The band led the column, playing the regimental march. 
Thackeray, Vanity Fair, xxx. 
Regimental adjutant, fund, etc. See the nouns. 
II. n. pi. (rarely used in the singular). Mili- 
tary clothing: so named from the former prac- 
tice of discriminating the uniforms of different 
regiments very decidedly one from another a 
fashion nearly abandoned at the present time. 
If they had been ruled by me. they would have put you 
into the guards. You would have made a sweet figure in 
n regimental. Caiman, Man of Business, ii. (Davits.) 
You a soldier ! you're a walking block, fit only to dust 
the company's regimentals on. 
Sheridan, The Rivals, iii. 1. 
In their ragged regimentals 
Stood the old Continentals, 
Yielding not. 
G. U. McMaiter, Carmen Bellicosum. 
regimentation (rejl-men-ta'shon), . [< regi- 
ment, v., + -ation.] The act of forming into 
regiments, or the state of being formed into 
regiments or classified systems; organization. 
The process of militant organization is a process of reyi- 
mentation, which, primarily taking place in the army, sec- 
ondarily affects the whole community. 
H. Spencer, Prin. of Sociol., 558. 
regimina, . Latin plural of regimen. 
regiminal (re-jim'i-nal), a. [< L. regimen (regi- 
min-), rule, -f -a/.] Of or pertaining to regi- 
men : as, strict regiminal rules. 
Regina (re-ji'na), . [NL. (Baird and Girard, 
1853), < L. regina, a queen, fern, of rex (reg-), 
a king: see rex."] In nerpet., a genus of water- 
snakes or aquatic harmless serpents of the fam- 
ily Colubridx. The type is the striped water- 
snake of the United States, B. leberis. 
Regina purple. See purple. 
region (re'jqn), . [< ME. region, regioun, < 
OF. region, F. region = Pr. regio, reio = Sp. re- 
gion = Pg. regiSo = It. regione, a region, < L. 
regio(n-), a direction, line, boundary-line, boun- 
dary, territory, quarter, province, region, < re- 
gere, direct, rule: see regent.'] 1. Any consid- 
erable and connected part of a space or surface ; 
specifically, a tract of land or sea of consider- 
able but indefinite extent; a country; a dis- 
trict; in a broad sense, place without special 
reference to location or extent: as, the equa- 
torial regions; the temperate regions; the polar 
regions; the upper regions of the atmosphere. 
Zit there is, toward the parties meridional eg, many Con- 
trees and many Regyouns. Mandeville, Travels, p. 262. 
The regions of Artois, 
Wallon, and Picardy. Shak., 1 Hen. VI., ii. 1. 9. 
Oawain the while thro' all the region round 
Rode with his diamond, wearied of the quest. 
Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine. 
2. An administrative division of a city or ter- 
ritory; specifically, such a division of the city 
of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of 
which the number varied at different times; a 
district, quarter, or ward (modern rione). Under 
Servius Tullius there were four regions in the city and 
twenty-six In the Roman territory. 
The series of Roman Macedonia begins with coins of 
the regions issued by permission of the senate and bearing 
the name of the Macedonians, from 158 to 146 B. c. 
Encyc. Brit., XVII. 640. 
His [Alberic's] chief attention was given to the militia, 
which was still arranged in scholae, and it is highly prob- 
able that he was the author of the new divison of the 
city [Rome] into twelve regions. Encyc. Brit., XX. 788. 
Rome has seven ecclesiastical regions, each with its 
proper deacons, subdeacons, and acolytes. Each region 
has its own day of the week for high ecclesiastical func- 
tions, which are celebrated by each in rotation. 
Encyc. Brit., XVI. 509. 
3. Figuratively, the inhabitants of a region or 
district of country. 
All the regions 
Do smilingly revolt. Shat., Cor., iv. 6. 102. 
4. In anat., a place in or a part of the body in 
any way indicated : as, the abdominal regions. 
Let it fall rather, though the fork invade 
The region of my heart, Shalt., Lear, i. 1. 147. 
The mouth, and the region of the mouth, . . . were about 
the strongest feature in Wordsworth's face. 
De Qvincey( Personal Traits of Brit. Authors, Wordsworth). 
