n. 25B6; noun
health and safety rules : REGULATION, ruling, directive, order, act, law, statute, edict, canon, mandate, command, dictate, decree, fiat, injunction, commandment, stipulation, requirement, guideline, direction; formal ordinance.
church attendance on Sunday was the general rule : PROCEDURE, practice, protocol, convention, norm, routine, custom, habit; formal praxis, wont.
moderation is the golden rule : PRECEPT, principle, standard, axiom, truth, maxim.
Punjab came under British rule : CONTROL, jurisdiction, command, power, dominion; government, administration, sovereignty, leadership, supremacy, authority; raj.
hegemonic, -cracy, -archy.
25B6; verb
El Salvador was ruled by Spain : GOVERN, preside over, control, lead, dominate, run, head, administer, manage.
Mary ruled for six years : BE IN POWER, be in control, be in command, be in charge, govern; reign, be monarch, be sovereign.
the judge ruled that they be set free : DECREE, order, pronounce, judge, adjudge, ordain; decide, find, determine, resolve, settle.
subversion ruled : PREVAIL, predominate, be the order of the day, reign supreme; formal obtain.
25A0; as a rule USUALLY, generally, in general, normally, ordinarily, customarily, for the most part, on the whole, by and large, in the main, mainly, mostly, commonly, typically.
25A0; rule something out EXCLUDE, eliminate, disregard; preclude, prohibit, prevent, disallow.