Thesaurus: reign

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1. n. Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty; rule; dominion.
2. n. The territory or sphere which is reigned over; kingdom; empire; realm; dominion.
3. n. The time during which a king, queen, or emperor possesses the supreme authority; as, it happened in the reign of Elizabeth.
4. n. To possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to exercise government, as a king or emperor;; to hold supreme power; to rule.
5. n. Hence, to be predominant; to prevail.
6. n. To have superior or uncontrolled dominion; to rule.
7. n. a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful
8. n. the period during which a monarch is sovereign
9. n. royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
10. v. have sovereign power
11. v. be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
12. 1. Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty; rule; dominion. He who like a father held his reign. Pope. Saturn's sons received the threefold reign Of heaven, of ocean,, and deep hell beneath. Prior. 2. The territory or sphere which is reigned over; kingdom; empire; realm; dominion. [Obs.] Spenser. [God] him bereft the regne that he had. Chaucer. 3. The time during which a king, queen, or emperor possesses the supreme authority; as, it happened in the reign of Elizabeth. 1. To possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to exercise government, as a king or emperor;; to hold supreme power; to rule. Chaucer. We will not have this man to reign over us. Luke xix. 14. Shall Banquo's issue ever Reign in this kingdom Shak. 2. Hence, to be predominant; to prevail. "Pestilent diseases which commonly reign in summer." Bacon. 3. To have superior or uncontrolled dominion; to rule. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body. Rom. vi. 12. Syn. -- To rule; govern; direct; control; prevail.