Reg"u*lar (r&ebreve;g"&usl;*l&etilde;r),
n. [LL. regularis: cf. F. régulier. See Regular, a.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) A
member of any religious order or community who has taken the
vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and who has been
solemnly recognized by the church. Bp.
Fitzpatrick.
2. (Mil.) A soldier belonging to a permanent or standing army; -- chiefly used in the plural.
Reg"u*lar (-l?r),
a. [L.
regularis, fr. regula a rule, fr. regere to guide, to rule: cf. F. régulier. See Rule.]
1. Conformed
to a rule; agreeable to an established rule, law, principle, or type, or to established customary forms;
normal; symmetrical;
as, a regular verse in poetry; a
regular piece of music; a
regular verb; regular practice of law or medicine; a regular building.
2.
Governed by rule or rules; steady or uniform in
course, practice, or occurence; not subject to unexplained or irrational variation; returning at stated intervals; steadily
pursued; orderlly; methodical; as, the regular succession of day and night; regular
habits.
3. Constituted, selected, or conducted in conformity with established
usages, rules, or discipline; duly authorized; permanently organized; as, a regular meeting; a regular physican; a regular nomination;
regular troops.
4. Belonging to a monastic
order or community; as, regular clergy, in distinction dfrom the secular clergy.
5. Thorough; complete;
unmitigated; as, a regular humbug.
[Colloq.]
6. (Bot. &
Zoöl.) Having all the parts of
the same kind alike in
size and shape; as, a
regular flower; a regular sea urchin.
7. (Crystallog.) Same
as Isometric.
Regular polygon
(Geom.), a plane polygon which is both equilateral and equiangular. -- Regular polyhedron
(Geom.), a polyhedron whose faces are equal regular polygons. There are five regular polyhedrons, -- the tetrahedron, the hexahedron, or cube, the octahedron, the dodecahedron, and the icosahedron. --
Regular sales (Stock Exchange),
sales of stock deliverable on the day after
the transaction. --
Regular troops, troops of a standing
or permanent army; -- opposed to militia.
Syn. -- Normal; orderly; methodical. See Normal.
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