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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over!
Elizabeth I

The 1990s, after the reign of terror of academic vandalism, will be a decade of restoration: restoration of meaning, value, beauty, pleasure, and emotion to art and restoration of art to its audience.
Camille Paglia

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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