REGULARS
\ɹˈɛɡjuːləz], \ɹˈɛɡjuːləz], \ɹ_ˈɛ_ɡ_j_uː_l_ə_z]\
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[L.] In the Latin Church, those who bind themselves to the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, under a fixed rule, as of St. Benedict, or any other; as opposed to Seculars, for instance parish priests, who live in the world and are bound only to celibacy.
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See Infantry of the line.
By Henry Percy Smith
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).