reign
IPA: rˈeɪn
noun
- The exercise of sovereign power.
- The period during which a monarch rules.
- The territory or sphere over which a kingdom; empire; realm; dominion, etc. is ruled.
- A male given name
verb
- (intransitive) To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch.
- (transitive, rare, nonstandard) To reign over (a country)
- To be the winner of the most recent iteration of a competition.
- To be a dominant quality of a place or situation; to prevail, predominate, rule.
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Examples of "reign" in Sentences
- His reign was worldly and irreligious.
- The reign of the king was during 4 B.C.
- Pandemonium reigned outside the building.
- Epilogues carry the story into the reign of Nero.
- Chaos reigned for the remainder of the performance.
- That effectively ended the reign of the dime novel.
- It forbids to glorify or approve the reign of the Nazis.
- The focus should be moved to the reign of the Makedonioi.
- The degree of confinement of occupants varied from reign to reign.
- But prior to that, the council was the legal inauguration of the reign.
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