Definition of rule

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Rule (a.) A general principle concerning the formation or use of words, or a concise statement thereof; thus, it is a rule in England, that s or es , added to a noun in the singular number, forms the plural of that noun; but man forms its plural men, and is an exception to the rule..

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Proportion :: Proportion (n.) The portion one receives when a whole is distributed by a rule or principle; equal or proper share; lot.
Toparch :: Toparch (n.) The ruler or principal man in a place or country; the governor of a toparchy.
Christian :: Christian (n.) One of a sect (called Christian Connection) of open-communion immersionists. The Bible is their only authoritative rule of faith and practice.
-arch :: -arch (a.) A suffix meaning a ruler, as in monarch (a sole ruler)..
Entail :: Entail (n.) The rule by which the descent is fixed.
Obey :: Obey (v. t.) To submit to the authority of; to be ruled by.
Matter :: Matter (n.) Substance excreted from living animal bodies; that which is thrown out or discharged in a tumor, boil, or abscess; pus; purulent substance..
Variolite :: Variolite (n.) A kind of diorite or diabase containing imbedded whitish spherules, which give the rock a spotted appearance..
Minority :: Minority (a. & n.) The smaller number; -- opposed to majority; as, the minority must be ruled by the majority..
Spherulate :: Spherulate (a.) Covered or set with spherules; having one or more rows of spherules, or minute tubercles..
Ill :: Ill (a.) Not according with rule, fitness, or propriety; incorrect; rude; unpolished; inelegant..
Grammar :: Grammar (v. i.) To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar.
Nero :: Nero (n.) A Roman emperor notorius for debauchery and barbarous cruelty; hence, any profligate and cruel ruler or merciless tyrant..
Heteroclite :: Heteroclite (a.) Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.
Law :: Law (n.) In morals: The will of God as the rule for the disposition and conduct of all responsible beings toward him and toward each other; a rule of living, conformable to righteousness; the rule of action as obligatory on the conscience or moral nature..
Reign :: Reign (n.) Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty; rule; dominion.
Regence :: Regence (n.) Rule.
Sin :: Sin (n.) To depart voluntarily from the path of duty prescribed by God to man; to violate the divine law in any particular, by actual transgression or by the neglect or nonobservance of its injunctions; to violate any known rule of duty; -- often followed by against..
Grammar :: Grammar (n.) A treatise on the principles of language; a book containing the principles and rules for correctness in speaking or writing.
Calculate :: Calculate (v. i.) To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute..
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