regiment

A military unit of ground troops consisting of at least two battalions, usually commanded by a colonel.

A large group of people.

To form (troops) into a regiment or regiments.

To put (things) into systematic order.

To subject (people) to strict control and rigid order.

To form into a regiment or into regiments with proper officers; hence, to organize: bring under a definite system of command, authority, or interdependence.

Rule; government; authority.

A district ruled; a kingdom.

Rule of diet; regimen.

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.