reule

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English

Noun

reule (plural reules)

  1. Obsolete form of rule.

Verb

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

  1. Obsolete form of rule.

Anagrams

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French reule, from Latin rēgula.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Descendants

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

References

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

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

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

Descendants

References

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