Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for REG'I-MENT
REG'I-MENT, n. [L. regimen.]
- In military affairs, a body of men, either horse, foot or artillery, commanded by a colonel or lieutenant-colonel and major, and consisting of a number of companies, usually from eight to ten.
- Government; mode of ruling; rule; authority; as used by Hooker, Hale, and others. [Wholly obsolete.]
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