Definition of "regiment" in English

noun

1. (military) A unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units.

2. (now rare, archaic) Rule or governance over a person, place etc.; government, authority.

   • What place is there in all the world, not ſubiect to the regiment and power of this citie?
   • And how is it possible to distinguish precisely […] the powers of ecclesiastical regiment which none but the church should wield from the powers of ecclesiastical regiment (on the jus circa sacra) which secular and profane governments may handle without sin?

3. (obsolete) The state or office of a ruler; rulership.

4. (obsolete) Influence or control exercised by someone or something (especially a planet).

5. (obsolete) A place under a particular rule; a kingdom or domain.

6. (obsolete, medicine) A regimen.

verb

1. (transitive) To form soldiers into a regiment.

   • The people are organized or regimented into bodies, and special functions are relegated to the several units.

2. (transitive) To systematize, or put in rigid order.