regular.
Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to secular).
Meaning & usage
Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to secular).
regular clergy, in distinction from the secular clergy
Having a constant pattern; showing evenness of form or appearance.
Both equilateral and equiangular; having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same size
Whose faces are all congruent regular polygons, equally inclined to each other.
Demonstrating a consistent set of rules; showing order, evenness of operation or occurrence.
Of a moon or other satellite: following a relatively close and prograde orbit with little inclination or eccentricity.
Well-behaved, orderly; restrained (of a lifestyle etc.).
Happening at constant (especially short) intervals.
He made regular visits to go see his mother.
Of a verb, plural, etc., following a set or common pattern; according to the general rules of a given language.
"Walked" is the past tense of the regular verb "to walk".
Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard.
Permanently organised; being part of a set professional body of troops.
Having normal bowel movements or menstrual periods at constant intervals.
Maintaining a high-fibre diet keeps one regular.
Exemplary; excellent example of; utter, downright.
a regular genius; a regular John Bull
Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape.
a regular flower; a regular sea urchin
Isometric.
Riding with the left foot forward.
Such that every set in its domain is both outer regular and inner regular.
Noetherian and such that the minimal number of generators of the maximal ideal is equal to the Krull dimension of the ring.
Such that the local ring at every point is regular.
A von Neumann regular: such that every left module (over the given ring) is flat.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English reguler, from Anglo-Norman reguler, Middle French reguler, regulier, and their source, Latin rēgulāris (“continuing rules for guidance”), from rēgula (“rule”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“move in a straight line”).
Regularly, on a regular basis.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English reguler, from Anglo-Norman reguler, Middle French reguler, regulier, and their source, Latin rēgulāris (“continuing rules for guidance”), from rēgula (“rule”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“move in a straight line”).
A member of the British Army (as opposed to a member of the Territorial Army or Reserve).
A frequent, routine visitor to an establishment.
Bartenders usually know their regulars by name.
A member of the armed forces or police force.
A member of the armed forces or police force. Synonym of regular serviceman; a member of the Singapore Armed Forces, Police Force or Civil Defence Force who has signed on, i.e., chosen to work full-time beyond their required length of national service.
A frequent customer, client or business partner.
This gentleman was one of the architect's regulars.
A character who appears in every episode of a TV series; a member of the regular cast.
A coffee with one cream and one sugar.
Anything that is normal or standard.
A member of a religious order who has taken the three ordinary vows.
A number for each year, giving, added to the concurrents, the number of the day of the week on which the Paschal full moon falls.
A fixed number for each month serving to ascertain the day of the week, or the age of the moon, on the first day of any month.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English reguler, from Anglo-Norman reguler, Middle French reguler, regulier, and their source, Latin rēgulāris (“continuing rules for guidance”), from rēgula (“rule”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“move in a straight line”).
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