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| reigns | |
| 1. n. plural of reign |  |
| reign | |
| 1. n. The exercise of sovereign power. | |
| England prospered under Elizabeth I's reign. | |
| 2. n. The period during which a monarch rules. | |
| The reign of Victoria was a long one. | |
| 3. n. The territory or sphere over which a kingdom; empire; realm; dominion, etc. is ruled. | |
| 4. v. (intransitive) To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch. | |
| He reigned in an autocratic manner. - | |
| 5. v. (transitive, rare, nonstandard) To reign over (a country) | |
| 6. v. To be the winner of the most recent iteration of a competition. | |
| 7. v. To be a dominant quality of a place or situation; to prevail, predominate, rule. | |
