rection

English

Etymology

Latin rectio, from regere (“to rule or govern”).

Noun

rection (plural rections)

1. (grammar, archaic) regimen; government; the rules governing the syntax, rules of agreement of a language.

   Synonyms: government, regimen

   Coordinate terms: agreement, concord, concordance (obsolete)

   • 1832, Josiah Willard Gibbs Sr., Manual Hebrew and English Lexicon:

     rection to a place

Anagrams

• Citroen, Citroën, INTERCO, cerotin, noticer

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rectiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛk.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

rection f (plural rections)

1. (grammar) rection, regimen, government

Related terms

• régir

Further reading

• “rection”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.