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noun

Reign n.

Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty; rule; dominion. "He who like a father held his reign." "Saturn's sons received the threefold reign Of heaven, of ocean, and deep hell beneath."

The territory or sphere which is reigned over; kingdom; empire; realm; dominion. (Obs.) "(God) him bereft the regne that he had."

The time during which a king, queen, or emperor possesses the supreme authority; as, it happened in the reign of Elizabeth.

verb

Reign v. i. (past & past part. reigned; pres. part. reigning)

To possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to exercise government, as a king or emperor;; to hold supreme power; to rule. "We will not have this man to reign over us." "Shall Banquo's issue ever Reign in this kingdom?"

Hence, to be predominant; to prevail. "Pestilent diseases which commonly reign in summer."

To have superior or uncontrolled dominion; to rule. "Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body."

Synonyms: To rule; govern; direct; control; prevail.

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"Reign" Quotes from Famous Books

... to you. That time, when you rescued me from death, you gave my name to Sophie Botta, who also took upon herself my fate. I don't know what became of her. If she died in my stead, may God comfort her! If she still lives, may God bless and help her to reign in my stead! But give me the name of Sophie Botta; give me the clothes of a working-girl; give me God's free world, which she enjoyed. Let me become Sophie Botta in reality, and let me wash clothes with the washerwomen at the brook. If Sophie and I exchanged lives, ...

— The Nameless Castle • Maurus Jokai

... will bring my court afar, My throne to hers shall go; And I will reign beside the Var, And in ...

— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker

... our hero and Gascoigne won the master's heart, and being a very good-tempered fellow, they did what they pleased. Jack also tossed a doubloon to the men for them to drink on their arrival, and all the men of the transport were in a transport, at Jack's coming to "reign over them." It must be acknowledged that Jack's reign was, for the most part of it, "happy and glorious." At last they arrived at Tetuan, and our Pylades and Orestes went on shore to call upon the vice-consul, accompanied by Captain Hogg. They produced their credentials and demanded bullocks. The ...

— Mr. Midshipman Easy • Captain Frederick Marryat

... against Hamburg? Then we have something there like the Commune in Paris. The Kaiser was frightened. He said to me he wouldn't exactly care about being called a cardboard prince like his grandfather, nor at the very beginning of his reign to wade up to the knees in blood. Then I said to him, 'Your Majesty will have to go deeper if you give ...

— Socialism As It Is - A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement • William English Walling

... quite unaffected, And solely concerned with the good of the land? Knowest thou the House of Amendments and Clauses, Where Reason may reel but debate never pauses, Where words, the grand note of Humanity, reign (Oh Mueller, Max Mueller, expound us the gain!), ...

— 'That Very Mab' • May Kendall and Andrew Lang

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