See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

REGIMENT (from See also:

• LATE

Late Latin regimentum, See also:

• RULE

rule, regere, to rule, govern, See also:

• DIRECT

direct)  , originally See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, command or authority exercised over others, or the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of a ruler or See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign; in this sense the word was See also:

• COMMON

common in the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . The most See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar instance is the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of the See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• KNOX, HENRY (1750-1806)
• KNOX, JOHN (c. 1505–1572)
• KNOX, PHILANDER CHASE (1853– )

Knox, the First Blast of the See also:

• TRUMPET (Fr. trompette, clairon; Ger. ,Trompete, Klarino, Trummet; Ital. tromba, trombetta, clarino)
• TRUMPET, SPEAKING AND HEARING

Trumpet against the Monstrous See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

Regiment of See also:

• WOMEN

Women . The See also:

• TERM

term as applied to a large See also:

• BODY

body of troops See also:

• DATES

dates from the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army of the 16th century . In the first instance it implied " command," as nowadays we speak of " See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General A's command," meaning the whole number of troops under his command . The See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early regiments had no similarity in strength or organization, except that each was under one See also:

• COMMANDER

commander . With the regularization of armies the commands of all such See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior See also:

• OFFICERS

officers were gradually reduced to uniformity, and a regiment came to be definitely a See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel's command . In the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry the term has no See also:

• TACTICAL

tactical significance, as the number of battalions in a regiment is variable, and one at least is theoretically abroad at all times, while the reserve or territorial battalions serve under a different See also:

• CODE (Lat. codex)

code to that governing the See also:

• REGULAR

regular battalions . The whole See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps of Royal See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

Artillery is called " the Royal Regiment of Artillery." In the See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry a regiment is tactically as well as administratively a unit of four squadrons . On the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe the regiment of infantry is always together under the command of its colonel, and consists of three or four battalions under majors or See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-colonels .