regiment

Meanings

1. A unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units.
2. Rule or governance over a person, place etc.; government, authority.
3. The state or office of a ruler; rulership.
4. Influence or control exercised by someone or something (especially a planet).
5. A place under a particular rule; a kingdom or domain.
6. A regimen.

1. To form soldiers into a regiment.
2. To systematize, or put in rigid order.

Etymology

From Middle French regement, régiment, and its source, Late Latin regimentum (“direction for government; course of medical treatment”), from Latin regō (“rule”).