regiment

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määrätä rykmenttiin puhekieltä A unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units; now specifically, usually composed of two or more battalions. (defdate)
1901, (w), Kim, III:

It was an old, withered man, who had served the Government in the days of the Mutiny as a native officer in a newly raised cavalry regiment.

As the prime minister insisted that he had "never told a lie" in his life, the Tory leader attacked him for ordering Scottish troops into battle with no warning that their regiments would be disbanded.

What place is there in all the world, not subiect to the regiment and power of this citie?

Then loyall love had royall regiment, / And each unto his lust did make a lawe, / From all forbidden things his liking to withdraw.

And how is it possible to distinguish precisely … the powers of ecclesiastical regiment which none but the church should wield from the powers of ecclesiastical regiment (on the jus circa sacra) which secular and profane governments may handle without sin?

(rfquotek)

The people are organized or regimented into bodies, and special functions are relegated to the several units.