Definition of rule

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Rule (a.) That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a regulation; a prescription; a precept; as, the rules of various societies; the rules governing a school; a rule of etiquette or propriety; the rules of cricket..

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Norma :: Norma (n.) A mason's or a carpenter's square or rule.
Lord :: Lord (n.) One who has power and authority; a master; a ruler; a governor; a prince; a proprietor, as of a manor..
Spherulate :: Spherulate (a.) Covered or set with spherules; having one or more rows of spherules, or minute tubercles..
Ethnarchy :: Ethnarchy (n.) The dominion of an ethnarch; principality and rule.
Regle :: Regle (v. t.) To rule; to govern.
Generalizable :: Generalizable (a.) Capable of being generalized, or reduced to a general form of statement, or brought under a general rule..
Querulential :: Querulential (a.) Querulous.
Feruled :: Feruled (imp. & p. p.) of Ferul.
Sermonize :: Sermonize (v. i.) To inculcate rigid rules.
Duelo :: Duelo (n.) A duel; also, the rules of dueling..
Ethics :: Ethics (n.) The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting duty, whether true or false; rules of practice in respect to a single class of human actions; as, political or social ethics; medical ethics..
Wielding :: Wielding (n.) Power; authority; rule.
General :: General (a.) The chief of an order of monks, or of all the houses or congregations under the same rule..
Poetics :: Poetics (n.) The principles and rules of the art of poetry.
Dietary :: Dietary (n.) A rule of diet; a fixed allowance of food, as in workhouse, prison, etc..
Label :: Label (n.) A barrulet, or, rarely, a bendlet, with pendants, or points, usually three, especially used as a mark of cadency to distinguish an eldest or only son while his father is still living..
Fantasia :: Fantasia (n.) A continuous composition, not divided into what are called movements, or governed by the ordinary rules of musical design, but in which the author's fancy roves unrestricted by set form..
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To influence or direct by power and authority; by persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide..
Escapade :: Escapade (n.) Act by which one breaks loose from the rules of propriety or good sense; a freak; a prank.
Impolitic :: Impolitic (a.) Not politic; contrary to, or wanting in, policy; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet; inexpedient; as, an impolitic ruler, law, or measure..
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