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rectĭo, ōnis, f. [rego], a leading, guiding, government, direction (Ciceronian): rerum publicarum, Cic. Fin. 5, 4, 11.
Plur.: rerum publicarum, Cic. Fin. 4, 22, 61 (Madv. conj. rerum publicarum rectionis genera).