Bible Dictionaries
Regulation

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A rule or order prescribed for management or government; prescription; a regulating principle; a governing direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society or a school.

(2):

(n.) The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Regulation'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/regulation.html. 1828.