Definitions for reign

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Spelling: [reyn]

IPA: /reɪn/

Reign is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 54 anagrams from letters in reign (eginr).

Definitions for reign

noun

1. the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
2. royal rule or authority; sovereignty.
3. dominating power or influence:

verb (used without object)

1. to possess or exercise sovereign power or authority.
2. to hold the position and name of sovereign without exercising the ruling power.
3. to have control, rule, or influence of any kind.
4. to predominate; be prevalent.

Origin of reign

1225-75; (noun) Middle English reine, regne Old French reigne Latin rēgnum realm, reign, derivative of rēg- (stem of rēx) king; (v.) Middle English reinen, regnen Old French reignier Latin rē

Examples for reign

Yet the period of Victoria's reign will often be spoken of in history as the Gladstonian Era.

Unfortunate was the commencement of my reign—unfortunate its end.

From the first to the last moment of her reign, she combined the courtesan with the assassin.

But one thing is becoming clearer: No matter who is nominally in charge, chaos will reign.

She used to reign over what they called the "Island of Mere."

O, when will the reign of perfect charity, that "thinketh no evil," commence!

“I think Sex Ed is equally, if not more, important than mathematics or English,” says reign.

Umberto, who went by Albert, oversaw mob killings during his reign in the mid-1900s.

Thompson beat out Charles Hynes for Brooklyn DA, ending a reign that last more than 23 years.

However it is that she got there, we know the reign of the tyrants at Grady Memorial is coming to a close.