| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class I. Words Expressing Abstract Relations | | Section IV. Order | | 5. Order as Regards Categories |
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| 80. Rule. |
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| NOUN: | REGULARITY, uniformity, constancy, clockwork precision; punctuality (exactness) [See Truth]; even tenor, rut; system; routine (custom) [See Habit]; formula; canon, convention, maxim, rule &c. (form, regulation) [See Precept]; keynote, standard, model; precedent (prototype) [See Prototype]; conformity [See Conformity].
LAW, capitular or capitulary, gnomology [rare], rèlement [F.], order of things; normality, normalcy; normal state, normal condition, natural state, natural condition, ordinary state, ordinary condition, model state, model condition; standing dish, standing order; Procrustean law; law of the Medes and Persians; hard and fast rule; nature, principle.
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| ADJECTIVE: | REGULAR, uniform, symmetrical, constant, steady; according to rule (conformable) [See Conformity]; normal, habitual, customary [See Habit]; methodical, orderly, systematic, systematical.
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| QUOTATION: | Order is heav’n’s first law.—Pope |
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