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Meaning of reign

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  reign
      n 1: a period during which something or somebody is dominant or
           powerful; "he was helpless under the reign of his egotism"
      2: the period during which a monarch is sovereign; "during the
         reign of Henry VIII"
      3: royal authority; the dominion of a monarch [syn: {reign},
         {sovereignty}]
      v 1: have sovereign power; "Henry VIII reigned for a long time"
      2: be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance;
         "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this
         neighborhood" [syn: {predominate}, {dominate}, {rule},
         {reign}, {prevail}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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