Middle English Dictionary Entry
reǧiment n.
Entry Info
| Forms | reǧiment n. Also regement. |
| Etymology | OF regiment, regement & L regimentum. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Government, sovereignty, rule; also, fig. supports holding the Cross in place; alch. regimentes of fires, regulation of heat; (b) a rule or set of rules for good conduct or healthful living; (c) planetary influence; a region governed by certain astronomical signs.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.1751 : Whan this king was passed thus, This false tunged Perseus The regiment hath underfonge.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.1702 : This worthi yonge king Was fulli tauht of every thing, Which mihte yive entendement Of good reule and good regiment.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.1777 : Trouthe..Is the vertu soverein of alle That longeth unto regiment.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.4198 : Pite is the foundement Of every kinges regiment.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)3502 : It is vncouenable The for to haue of peple regyment, Syn þi lust..Hath qweynt thy resoun.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)164 : The vijth chapiter truly teche yow shalle The doutfulle regymentis of your firys alle.
- c1500 As Reson Rywlyde (Rwl C.86)78 : Stone he made & erth eche dele That bene regementis to the Rode.
- c1500 Tronos celorum (Trin-C R.3.19)62 : Let hym be your gyde That all thyng hath in hys regement, ffuture and past and your estate present.
- a1550(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Sln 1873)2982 : Now lerne ye regymentis of yourfyris.
b
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)144b/a : Þe qualite of þe humours and þe quantite schal be made attempere wiþ blodelesse and laxatiue medicynes and wiþ good regiment.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)2052 : Of Gyles of regyment Of princes, plotmel thynke I to translate.
- a1456 Marmaduke SSecr.(Ashm 59)214/5 : It is ful convenyent and ordinate regyment a gret lord, þat his renomie and glorie be puplisshed in sapience and comended.
c
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.915 : Whom this planete underfongeth To stonde upon his regiment, He schal be meke and pacient.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.1245 : So ben divised The Signes tuelve..That ech of hem..Hath his climat to justefie, Wherof the ferste regiment Toward the part of Orient..Governed is of..Cancer, Virgo, Leo.