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regulator [CL regula or LL regulare+-tor] 1 one who rules lines (in quot. of musical staff) on to a sheet of parchment or paper. in organo puro et triplicibus majoribus semper in tenore non ponebant nisi quatuor [regulas], nisi fuerit ex nescientia ~oris, sed semper in superioribus quinque Mens. & Disc. (Anon. IV) 60. 2 one who rules or governs, ruler, governor. ex istis colligi potest differencia inter judicem atque regem: judex enim ad propositum est contemplativus populi ~or pure secundum exigenciam legis Dei; rex autem est activus capitalis secundum jura humana populi ~or Wycl. Civ. Dom. I 203. 3 one who makes or concocts regulae, rule-maker (in quot. iron.). alleosin symbolorum et rerum hic ~or primus invexit Gardiner CC 565 (cf. ib. 571: regularum fabricator).

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