率そつ由ゆう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

following a precedent; adhering to a former example

Formal, literary term for acting in accordance with an established precedent or model. Rare in modern everyday speech; more common in historical or legal writing.

• 古ふるい慣かん例れいを率そつ由ゆうして、式しき典てんが執とり行おこなわれた。

  The ceremony was conducted following the old precedent.

• この規き則そく