'Ruling' definitions:
Definition of 'ruling'
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Definition of 'Ruling'
From: GCIDE
- Rule \Rule\, n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Syn: regulation; law; precept; maxim; guide; canon; order; method; direction; control; government; sway; empire. [1913 Webster] Rule \Rule\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ruled; p. pr. & vb. n. Ruling.] [Cf. OF. riuler, ruiler, L. regulare. See Rule, n., and cf. Regulate.]
- 1. To control the will and actions of; to exercise authority or dominion over; to govern; to manage. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- A bishop then must be blameless; . . . one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection. --1 Tim. iii.
- 2, 4. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To control or direct by influence, counsel, or persuasion; to guide; -- used chiefly in the passive. [1913 Webster]
- I think she will be ruled In all respects by me. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice. [1913 Webster]
- That's are ruled case with the schoolmen. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Law) To require or command by rule; to give as a direction or order of court. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To mark with lines made with a pen, pencil, etc., guided by a rule or ruler; to print or mark with lines by means of a rule or other contrivance effecting a similar result; as, to rule a sheet of paper of a blank book. [1913 Webster]
- Ruled surface (Geom.), any surface that may be described by a straight line moving according to a given law; -- called also a scroll. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ruling'
From: GCIDE
- Ruling \Rul"ing\, n.
- 1. The act of one who rules; ruled lines. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) A decision or rule of a judge or a court, especially an oral decision, as in excluding evidence. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ruling'
From: GCIDE
- Ruling \Rul"ing\, a.
- 1. Predominant; chief; reigning; controlling; as, a ruling passion; a ruling sovereign. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Used in marking or engraving lines; as, a ruling machine or pen. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Predominant; chief; controlling; directing; guiding; governing; prevailing; prevalent. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ruling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- act,
- action,
- appointment,
- arch,
- armipotent,
- ascendant,
- at the head,
- authoritarian,
- authoritative,
- authorized,
- autocratic,
- average,
- award,
- banner,
- besetting,
- bill,
- boss,
- brevet,
- bull,
- bylaw,
- canon,
- capital,
- cardinal,
- central,
- champion,
- chief,
- clothed with authority,
- cogent,
- commanding,
- common,
- competent,
- condemnation,
- consequential,
- considerable,
- consideration,
- controlling,
- crowning,
- current,
- decision,
- declaration,
- decree,
- decree-law,
- decreement,
- decretal,
- decretum,
- deliverance,
- determination,
- diagnosis,
- dictate,
- dictation,
- dictum,
- diktat,
- directive,
- dominant,
- doom,
- duly constituted,
- dynamic,
- edict,
- edictum,
- effective,
- eminent,
- empowered,
- enactment,
- energetic,
- epidemic,
- ex officio,
- fiat,
- finding,
- first,
- focal,
- forceful,
- forcible,
- foremost,
- form,
- formality,
- formula,
- formulary,
- general,
- governing,
- great,
- head,
- headmost,
- hegemonic,
- hegemonistic,
- high-potency,
- high-powered,
- high-pressure,
- high-tension,
- imperative,
- important,
- in ascendancy,
- in charge,
- in chief,
- in force,
- in power,
- in the ascendant,
- influential,
- institution,
- ipse dixit,
- irresistible,
- jus,
- law,
- leading,
- legislation,
- lex,
- magisterial,
- main,
- master,
- measure,
- mighty,
- mighty in battle,
- momentous,
- monocratic,
- normal,
- official,
- on the throne,
- operative,
- order,
- ordinance,
- ordinary,
- ordonnance,
- overriding,
- overruling,
- pandemic,
- paramount,
- pivotal,
- popular,
- potent,
- powerful,
- precedent,
- predominant,
- predominate,
- predominating,
- preeminent,
- prepollent,
- preponderant,
- preponderate,
- prepotent,
- prescript,
- prescription,
- prestigious,
- prevailing,
- prevalent,
- primal,
- primary,
- prime,
- principal,
- proclamation,
- prognosis,
- prominent,
- pronouncement,
- pronunciamento,
- puissant,
- rampant,
- ranking,
- regnant,
- regulating,
- regulation,
- regulative,
- regulatory,
- reigning,
- rescript,
- resolution,
- rife,
- routine,
- rubric,
- rule,
- running,
- senatus consult,
- senatus consultum,
- senior,
- sentence,
- sovereign,
- standard,
- standing order,
- star,
- statute,
- stellar,
- stereotyped,
- striking,
- strong,
- substantial,
- supereminent,
- superior,
- supreme,
- swaying,
- telling,
- topflight,
- totalitarian,
- ukase,
- usual,
- valid,
- verdict,
- vigorous,
- vital,
- weighty,
- widespread
Words containing 'Ruling'
- As a rule,
- Rule,
- Ruled,
- Rulingly,
- rule in,
- rule out,
- Batter rule,
- Board rule,
- Caliber rule,
- Chain rule,
- Column rule,
- Composing rule,
- Day rule,
- Diminishing rule,
- Foot rule,
- Golden rule,
- Home rule,
- Joint rule,
- Jointing rule,
- Night rule,
- Phase rule,
- Plumb rule,
- Rule joint,
- Rule of Coss,
- Rule of the road,
- Rule of three,
- Rule of thumb,
- Rule, TX,
- Ruled surface,
- Ruling elder,
- Ruling pen,
- Setting rule,
- Slide rule,
- Sliding rule,
- Space rule,
- To enlarge a rule,
- To rule the roast,
- algorithmic rule,
- carpenter's rule,
- exclusionary rule,
- gag rule,
- grammatical rule,
- ground rule,
- hearsay rule,
- heuristic rule,
- linguistic rule,
- majority rule,
- miranda rule,
- mob rule,
- morphological rule,
- naegele's rule,
- procrustean rule,
- rule book,
- rule of evidence,
- rule of grammar,
- rule of law,
- rule of morphology,
- rules of order,
- ruling class,
- system of rules,
- work to rule,
- working rule,
- Rule-monger,
- best evidence rule,
- parol evidence rule,
- robert's rules of order,
- rule of cy pres,
- rule of trial and error,
- rule-governed,
- self-rule,
- Side-bar rule,
- one-man rule