Extraregular

Quick meaning: Extraregular is an adjective meaning Not covered by a rule or rules; not fitting into a system.

Meaning

Not covered by a rule or rules; not fitting into a system.

More Meanings

1. Hypernormal.
2. (mathematics) Meeting stricter criteria than those which define a regular (object, function, space, etc)

Example Sentences

If any extraregular example hath ever happened , that may be made use of to affright men[…]

Attempts to ascertain the institutional origins of these extraregular movements have met with varied success .

Mathilda became a nun, and Adelheid cherished her monastic friendships with Cluniac monks, but extraregular widowed piety was also presented as a viable option for widowed holiness.

While most recent suggestions have focused on the monastic, it may be worth remembering that Jonah was a favourite of lay and extraregular readers well into the Reformation, when it was tranlated by Tyndale and supplied with a passionate prologue on the nature of Christian patience.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unruleful, nonregular, nonirregular, nonregularized, unregular, unregularized.

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