regiment
noun
• a permanent unit of an army typically commanded by a lieutenant colonel and divided into several companies, squadrons, or batteries and often into two battalions.
• "the Royal Highland Regiment"
Similar:
unit,
outfit,
force,
army,
group,
corps,
division,
brigade,
battalion,
squadron,
company,
commando,
battery,
platoon,
section,
crew,
detachment,
contingent,
band,
legion,
cohort,
• rule or government.
• "the powers of ecclesiastical regiment which none but the Church should wield"
regiment
verb
• organize according to a strict system or pattern.
• "every aspect of their life is strictly regimented"
Similar:
organize,
order,
systematize,
control,
manipulate,
regulate,
manage,
discipline,
keep a tight rein on,
bring into line,
rule with a rod of iron,
methodize,
strict,
strictly regulated,
organized,
disciplined,
controlled,
ordered,
systematic,
neat,
tidy,
orderly,
uniform,
unvarying,
unvaried,
unchanging,
even,
unbroken,
monotonous,
dull,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘rule or government’): via Old French from late Latin regimentum ‘rule’, from regere ‘to rule’.
