Emily Dickinson Lexicon

REG'U-LAR, a. [Sp. id.; Fr. regulier; L. regularis, from regula, a rule, from rego, to rule.]

1. Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an established rule, law or principle, to a prescribed mode or to established customary forms; as, a regular epic poem; a regular verse in poetry; a regular piece of music; regular practice of law or medicine; a regular plan; a regular building.
2. Governed by rule or rules; steady or uniform in a course or practice; as, regular in diet; regular in attending on divine worship.
3. In geometry, a regular figure is one whose sides and angles are equal, as a square, a cube, or an equilateral triangle. Regular figures of more than three or four sides are usually called regular polygons. – Encyc.
4. Instituted or initiated according to established forms or discipline; as, a regular physician.
5. Methodical; orderly; as, a regular kind of sensuality or indulgence. – Law.
6. Periodical; as, the regular return of day and night; a regular trade wind or monsoon.
7. Pursued with uniformity or steadiness; as, a regular trade.
8. Belonging to a monastic order; as, regular clergy, in distinction from the secular clergy. Regular troops, troops of a permanent army; opposed to militia.