A rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field of art or philosophy.
Roget 963:
legality;
legitimacy,
legitimateness.
legislature;
law,
code,
corpus juris [Lat.],
constitution,
pandect†,
charter,
enactment,
statute,
rule;
canon
etc.
(precept)
697;
ordinance,
institution,
regulation;
bylaw,
byelaw;
decree
etc.
(order)
741;
ordonnance†;
standing order;
plebiscite
etc.
(choice)
609.
legal process;
form,
formula,
formality;
rite,
arm of the law;
habeas corpus;
fieri facias [Lat.].
[Science of law]
jurisprudence,
nomology†;
legislation,
codification.
equity,
common law;
lex [Lat.],
lex nonscripta [Lat.];
law of nations,
droit des gens [Fr.],
international law,
jus gentium [Lat.];
jus civile [Lat.];
civil law,
canon law,
crown law,
criminal law,
statute law,
ecclesiastical law,
administrative law;
lex mercatoria [Lat.].
constitutionalism,
constitutionality;
justice
etc.
922.
[institution for deciding questions of law]
court,
tribunal
etc.
966.
[person who presides at a court or tribunal]
judge
etc.
967.
[specialist in questions of law]
lawyer,
attorney,
legal counsel
etc.
968.
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Roget 996:
clergy,
clericals,
ministry,
priesthood,
presbytery,
the cloth,
the desk.
clergyman,
divine,
ecclesiastic,
churchman,
priest,
presbyter,
hierophant†,
pastor,
shepherd,
minister;
father,
father in Christ;
padre,
abbe,
cure;
patriarch;
reverend;
black coat;
confessor.
dignitaries of the church;
ecclesiarch†,
hierarch†;
ebdomarius [Lat.];
eminence,
reverence,
elder,
primate,
metropolitan,
archbishop,
bishop,
prelate,
diocesan,
suffragan†,
dean,
subdean†,
archdeacon,
prebendary,
canon,
rural dean,
rector,
parson,
vicar,
perpetual curate,
residentiary†,
beneficiary,
incumbent,
chaplain,
curate;
deacon,
deaconess;
preacher,
reader,
lecturer;
capitular†;
missionary,
propagandist,
Jesuit,
revivalist,
field preacher.
churchwarden,
sidesman†;
clerk,
precentor†,
choir;
almoner,
suisse [Fr.],
verger,
beadle,
sexton,
sacristan;
acolyth†,
acolothyst†,
acolyte,
altar boy;
chorister.
[Roman Catholic priesthood]
Pope,
Papa,
pontiff,
high priest,
cardinal;
ancient flamen†,
flamen†;
confessor,
penitentiary;
spiritual director.
cenobite,
conventual,
abbot,
prior,
monk,
friar,
lay brother,
beadsman†,
mendicant,
pilgrim,
palmer;
canon regular,
canon secular;
Franciscan,
Friars minor,
Minorites;
Observant,
Capuchin,
Dominican,
Carmelite;
Augustinian†;
Gilbertine;
Austin Friars†,
Black Friars,
White Friars,
Gray Friars,
Crossed Friars,
Crutched Friars;
Bonhomme [Fr.],
Carthusian,
Benedictine†,
Cistercian,
Trappist,
Cluniac,
Premonstatensian,
Maturine;
Templar,
Hospitaler;
Bernardine†,
Lorettine,
pillarist†,
stylite†.
abbess,
prioress,
canoness†;
religieuse [Fr.],
nun,
novice,
postulant.
[Under the Jewish dispensation]
prophet,
priest,
high priest,
Levite;
Rabbi,
Rabbin,
Rebbe;
scribe.
[Mohammedan etc.]
mullah,
muezzin,
ayatollah;
ulema,
imaum†,
imam,
sheik;
sufi;
kahin†,
kassis†;
mufti,
hadji,
dervish;
fakir,
faquir†;
brahmin†,
guru,
kaziaskier†,
poonghie†,
sanyasi†;
druid,
bonze†,
santon†,
abdal†,
Lama,
talapoin†,
caloyer†.
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Roget 415:
music;
concert;
strain,
tune,
air;
melody
etc.
413;
aria,
arietta†;
piece of music [Fr.],
work,
number,
opus;
sonata;
rondo,
rondeau [Fr.];
pastorale,
cavatina†,
roulade†,
fantasia,
concerto,
overture,
symphony,
variations,
cadenza;
cadence;
fugue,
canon,
quodlibet,
serenade,
notturno [It],
dithyramb;
opera,
operetta;
oratorio;
composition,
movement;
stave;
passamezzo [It],
toccata,
Vorspiel [G.].
instrumental music;
full score;
minstrelsy,
tweedledum and tweedledee,
band,
orchestra;
concerted piece [Fr.],
potpourri,
capriccio.
vocal music,
vocalism†;
chaunt,
chant;
psalm,
psalmody;
hymn;
song
etc.
(poem)
597;
canticle,
canzonet†,
cantata,
bravura,
lay,
ballad,
ditty,
carol,
pastoral,
recitative,
recitativo†,
solfeggio†.
Lydian measures;
slow music,
slow movement;
adagio
etc.
adv.;
minuet;
siren strains,
soft music,
lullaby;
dump;
dirge
etc.
(lament)
839;
pibroch†;
martial music,
march;
dance music;
waltz
etc.
(dance)
840.
solo,
duet,
duo,
trio;
quartet,
quartett†;
septett†;
part song,
descant,
glee,
madrigal,
catch,
round,
chorus,
chorale;
antiphon†,
antiphony;
accompaniment,
second,
bass;
score;
bourdon†,
drone,
morceau†,
terzetto†.
composer
etc.
413;
musician
etc.
416.
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Roget 198:
interval,
interspace†;
separation
etc.
44;
break,
gap,
opening;
hole
etc.
260;
chasm,
hiatus,
caesura;
interruption,
interregnum;
interstice,
lacuna,
cleft,
mesh,
crevice,
chink,
rime,
creek,
cranny,
crack,
chap,
slit,
fissure,
scissure†,
rift,
flaw,
breach,
rent,
gash,
cut,
leak,
dike,
ha-ha.
gorge,
defile,
ravine,
canon,
crevasse,
abyss,
abysm;
gulf;
inlet,
frith†,
strait,
gully;
pass;
furrow
etc.
259;
abra†;
barranca†,
barranco†;
clove [U.S.],
gulch [U.S.],
notch [U.S.];
yawning gulf;
hiatus maxime [Lat.],
hiatus valde deflendus [Lat.];
parenthesis
etc.
(interjacence)
228†;
void
etc.
(absence)
187;
incompleteness
etc.
53.
[interval of time]
period
etc.
108;
interim
(time)
106.
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Roget 697:
precept,
direction,
instruction,
charge;
prescript,
prescription;
recipe,
receipt;
golden rule;
maxim
etc.
496.
rule,
canon,
law,
code,
corpus juris [Lat.],
lex scripta [Lat.],
act,
statute,
rubric,
stage direction,
regulation;
form,
formula,
formulary;
technicality;
canon law;
norm.
order
etc.
(command)
741.
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