regular

adjective
reg·u·lar
regʹyo͝olər

Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to ).

Example

“regular clergy, in distinction from the secular clergy”

Other meanings

Having a constant pattern; showing evenness of form or appearance.
Both equilateral and equiangular; having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same size

Antonyms

irregular
non-regular

Related words

antiregular
biregular
equiregular
extraregular
hyperregular
overregular
preregular
proregular
on a regular basis
on the regular
regioregular
regular army

Example sentences

“They continued to meet on a regular basis.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“Regular maintenance should keep the machine in good working order.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Latin "rēgulāris" (continuing rules for guidance).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “regular” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.