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What's The Definition Of Regiment?

\Reg"i*ment\, v. t. To form into classified units or bodies; to systematize according to classes, districts or the like. The people are organized or regimented into bodies, and special functions are relegated to the several units. --J. W. Powell.
\Reg"i*ment\ (-ment), n. [F. r['e]giment a regiment of men, OF. also government, L. regimentum government, fr. regere to guide, rule. See {Regimen}.] 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.) 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.]
\Reg"i*ment\ (-m?nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Regimented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Regimenting}.] To form into a regiment or into regiments. --Washington.