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Reign
Definitions
- 1 A male given name.
- 1 The exercise of sovereign power.
"England prospered under Elizabeth I's reign."
- 2 royal authority; the dominion of a monarch wordnet
- 3 The period during which a monarch rules.
"The reign of Victoria was a long one."
- 4 the period during which a monarch is sovereign wordnet
- 5 The territory or sphere over which a kingdom; empire; realm; dominion, etc. is ruled.
"And the Fox guileful, and most covetous; / That neither pleased was, to have the reign / Twixt them divided into even twain"
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- 6 a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful wordnet
- 1 To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch. intransitive
"He reigned in an autocratic manner."
- 2 have sovereign power wordnet
- 3 To reign over (a country) nonstandard, rare, transitive
"The House of Piast reigned Poland from its foundation to 1385."
- 4 be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance wordnet
- 5 To be the winner of the most recent iteration of a competition.
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- 6 To be a dominant quality of a place or situation; to prevail, predominate, rule.
"Silence reigned."
Etymology
From Middle English regnen, from Old French reignier, from the Latin verb rēgnō, and the noun rēgnum. Doublet of regnum. Displaced native Old English rīċe (“a reign”) and ricsian (“to reign”).
From Middle English regnen, from Old French reignier, from the Latin verb rēgnō, and the noun rēgnum. Doublet of regnum. Displaced native Old English rīċe (“a reign”) and ricsian (“to reign”).
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