Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-GION, n. [re'jun; Fr. and Sp. rejion; It. regione; L. regio; Ir. crioch, with a prefix; from the root of reach, reck, L. rego.]

1. A tract of land or space of indefinite extent, usually a tract of considerable extent. It is sometimes nearly synonymous with country; as, all the region of Argob. – Deut. iii. He had dominion over all the region on this side the river. – 1 Kings iv. So we speak of the airy region, the ethereal regions, the upper regions, the lower regions.
2. The inhabitants of a region or district of country. – Matth. iii.
3. A part of the body; as, the region of the heart or liver.
4. Place; rank. He is of too high a region. [Unusual.] – Shak.