n. Rule; government; authority.n. A district ruled; a kingdom.n. Rule of diet; regimen.n. Milit., a body of soldiers, consisting of one or more battalions of infantry, or of several squadrons of cavalry, commanded by a colonel, or of a certain division of artillery.To form into a regiment or into regiments with proper officers; hence, to organize: bring under a definite system of command, authority, or interdependence.