1. Government; mode of ruling; rule; authority; regimen. [Obs.] Spenser. "Regiment of health." Bacon. But what are kings, when regiment is gone, But perfect shadows in a sunshine day Marlowe. The law of nature doth now require of necessity some kind of regiment. Hocker.
2. A region or district governed. [Obs.] Spenser.
3. (Mil.)
Defn: A body of men, either horse, foot, or artillery, commanded by a colonel, and consisting of a number of companies, usually ten.
Note: In the British army all the artillery are included in one regiment, which (reversing the usual practice) is divided into brigades. Regiment of the line (Mil.), a regiment organized for general service; — in distinction from those (as the Life Guards) whose duties are usually special. [Eng.]
REGIMENT
Reg"i*ment (-mnt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regimented; p. pr. & vb. n.
Regimenting.]
Defn: To form into a regiment or into regiments. Washington.
REGIMENTAL
Reg`i*men"tal (-mn"tal), a.
Defn: Belonging to, or concerning, a regiment; as, regimental officers, clothing. Regimental school, in the British army, a school for the instruction of the private soldiers of a regiment, and their children, in the rudimentary branches of education.
REGIMENTALLY
Reg`i*men"tal*ly, adv.