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/ˈɹɛɡjʊlə/ · adjective
(Christianity) Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to secular)..
regular clergy, in distinction from the secular clergy
A quarter of a million strong in 1680, the clergy was only half as large in 1789. The unpopular regular clergy were the worst affected.
April may be the cruellest month, but I am planning to render it civilised and to take my antibiotics in a regular manner.
He made regular visits to go see his mother.
"Walked" is the past tense of the regular verb "to walk".
“I don’t see how you can write and act such splendid things, Jo. You’re a regular Shakespeare!” exclaimed Beth, who firmly believed that her sisters were gifted with wonderful genius in all things.
For a spell we done pretty well. Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand.
Maintaining a high-fibre diet keeps you regular.
Use regular when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Regular means (Christianity) Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to secular)..
Common synonyms include equable, uniform, unvarying, consistent.
Possible antonyms include irregular, non-regular, nonregular, chaotic.
regular clergy, in distinction from the secular clergy
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