n. - Government; mode of ruling; rule; authority; regimen.
n. - A region or district governed.
n. - A body of men, either horse, foot, or artillery, commanded by a colonel, and consisting of a number of companies, usually ten.
v. t. - To form into a regiment or into regiments.
v. t. - To form into classified units or bodies; to systematize according to classes, districts or the like.