Dictionary definition · reign
noun
- a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful"he was helpless under the reign of his egotism"
- the period during which a monarch is sovereign"during the reign of Henry VIII"
- royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
verb
- have sovereign power"Henry VIII reigned for a long time"
- be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance"Money reigns supreme here"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).