reign
Nouns
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(n) a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful
- he was helpless under the reign of his egotism
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(n) the period during which a monarch is sovereign
- during the reign of Henry VIII
- (n) royal authority; the dominion of a monarch sovereignty,
Verbs
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(v) have sovereign power
- Henry VIII reigned for a long time
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(v) be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
- Money reigns supreme here
- Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood