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REGULAR

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 48 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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REGULAR  , orderly, following or arranged according to a

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rule (
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Lat.
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regula, whence O.Fr. reule, whence
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English " rule "), steady,
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uniform, formally correct . The earliest and only use in English until the 16th century was in the Med . Lat. sense of regularis, one bound by and subject to the rule (regula) of a monastic or religious order, a member of the " regular " as opposed to the " secular " clergy, and so, as a substantive, a regular, i.e. a monk or friar . Another specific application is to that portion of the armed forces of a nation which are organized on a permanent
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system, the
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standing army, as opposed to " irregulars," levies raised on a voluntary basis and disbanded when the particular
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campaign or war for which they were raised is at an end . In the
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British army, the forces were divided into regulars, militia and
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volunteers, until 1906, when they were divided into regular and territorial forces .

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