rection

English

Etymology

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

Noun

rection (plural rections)

(grammar, archaic) regimen; government; the rules governing the syntax, rules of agreement of a language.
- 1832, Josiah Willard Gibbs Sr., Manual Hebrew and English Lexicon
  rection to a place

Coordinate terms

Anagrams

Citroen, Citroën, INTERCO, cerotin, noticer

French

Noun

rection f (plural rections)

rection

Further reading

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

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