reule

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English

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Noun

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reule (plural reules)

  1. Obsolete form of rule.

Verb

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reule (third-person singular simple present reules, present participle reuling, simple past and past participle reuled)

  1. Obsolete form of rule.

Anagrams

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Middle English

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Etymology

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From Old French reule, from Latin rēgula.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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reule (plural reules)

  1. legal code, set of rules
  2. moral code, principles
  3. rule, authority, supervision, control
  4. orderliness, efficiency
  5. rule, regulation, law
  6. custom, practice
  7. decision, order, directive
  8. instruction, recommendation
  9. principle, scientific law; rule of nature
  10. (Christianity) monastic rule
  11. ruler, measuring stick

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: rule
  • Scots: rule, reule
  • >? Yola: zwae

References

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Semi-learned term borrowed from Latin regula. Compare the inherited doublet reille, from Vulgar Latin *regla.

Noun

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reule oblique singularf (oblique plural reules, nominative singular reule, nominative plural reules)

  1. rule (regulation, law, guideline)
  2. ruler; rule (straight-edge)
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