Re"gion (r?"j?n), n. [F.
région, from L. regio a direction, a boundary
line, region, fr. regere to guide, direct. See Regimen.]
1. One of the grand districts or quarters into
which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is
conceived of as divided; hence, in general, a portion of space or
territory of indefinite extent; country; province; district;
tract.
If thence he 'scappe, into whatever world,
Or unknown region.
Milton.
2. Tract, part, or space, lying about and
including anything; neighborhood; vicinity; sphere. "Though the
fork invade the region of my heart." Shak.
Philip, tetrarch of .. the region of
Trachonitis.
Luke iii. 1.
3. The upper air; the sky; the heavens.
[Obs.]
Anon the dreadful thunder
Doth rend the region.
Shak.
4. The inhabitants of a district.
Matt. iii. 5.
5. Place; rank; station. [Obs. or
R.]
He is of too high a region.
Shak.
