Definition of Reign

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Definition of Reign

Reign

Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty; rule; dominion.

The territory or sphere which is reigned over; kingdom; empire; realm; dominion.

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

To possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to exercise government, as a king or emperor;; to hold supreme power; to rule.

Hence, to be predominant; to prevail.

To have superior or uncontrolled dominion; to rule.

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Reign Quotations

Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.
Nelson Mandela

What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind.
Woodrow Wilson

Every reign must submit to a greater reign.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom.
Golda Meir

God is the only being who, in order to reign, doesn't even need to exist.
Charles Baudelaire

Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
John Milton

I too hope in this short reign to be a man of peace.
Pope Benedict XVI

No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.
Tacitus

With the spirit of my administration, New York City is poised for dramatic change. The era of fear has had a long enough reign.
Rudy Giuliani

It's the first war we've ever fought on the television screen and the first war that our country ever fought where the media had full reign.
William Westmoreland

Reign Translations

reign in Dutch is bestuur, heerschappij, bewind
reign in German is regieren, regieren, regiere
reign in Italian is sovrano
reign in Portuguese is reino
reign in Swedish is regera, regering

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