rule

Definition

A regulation, law, guideline.

Etymology

From Middle English reule, rewle, rule, borrowed from Old French riule, reule, from Latin regula (“straight stick, bar, ruler, pattern”), from regō (“to keep straight, direct, govern, rule”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti (“to straighten; right”), from the root *h₃reǵ-; see regent. Doublet of rail, regal, regula, and rigol.

Example Sentences

• "All participants must adhere to the rules."
• "You have to follow the rules to enter the qualifiers for the football tournament."
• "We profess to have embraced a religion which contains the most exact rules for the government of our lives."

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