Definitions
in accord with regular practice or procedure
Word origin
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”).
Used in a sentence
“regular clergy, in distinction from the secular clergy”
“A quarter of a million strong in 1680, the clergy was only half as large in 1789. The unpopular regular clergy were the worst affected.”
“April may be the cruellest month, but I am planning to render it civilised and to take my antibiotics in a regular manner.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Usual or steady”7 letters
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