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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

Better to reign in hell than serve in heav'n.
John Milton

I have to reign myself in a lot.
Thurston Moore

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

It is the function of science to discover the existence of a general reign of order in nature and to find the causes governing this order. And this refers in equal measure to the relations of man - social and political - and to the entire universe as a whole.
Dmitri Mendeleev

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

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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