Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Routine

Routine , noun

[French, from route a path, way, road. See Route, Roterepetition.]

1.
A round of business, amusement, or pleasure, daily or frequently pursued; especially, a course of business or offical duties regularly or frequently returning.
2.
Any regular course of action or procedure rigidly adhered to by the mere force of habit.