reign

See also: Reign

English

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Etymology

From Middle English regnen, borrowed from Old French regner, from the Latin verb rēgnō, and the noun regnum

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹeɪn/
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  • Homophones: rain, rein
  • Rhymes: -eɪn

Noun

reign (plural reigns)

  1. The exercise of sovereign power.
    England prospered under Elizabeth I's reign.
    • Prior
      Saturn's sons received the threefold reign / Of heaven, of ocean, and deep hell beneath.
  2. The period during which a monarch rules.
    The reign of Victoria was a long one.
  3. The territory or sphere over which a kingdom; empire; realm; dominion, etc. is ruled.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)

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Verb

reign (third-person singular simple present reigns, present participle reigning, simple past and past participle reigned)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To exercise sovereign power, or to rule as a monarch.
    He reigned in an autocratic manner.

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