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?

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?

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

The result was a tidy, law-abiding country, but one that visitors often described as regimented, sterile and dull.

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