orderly government; system of order; adminisration.-any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation-a systematic course of diet, etc., pursed with a view to improving or preserving the health, or for the purpose of attaining some particular effect, as a reduction of flesh; -- sometimes used synonymously with hygiene.-a syntactical relation between words, as when one depends on another and is regulated by it in respect to case or mood; government.-the word or words governed.