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reign Verb

— If you reign you rule or lead a country. Usually, this means you are a king or queen (not someone elected). He reigned over in England long ago. reigned for 33 days in 1978 -- [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=FA0711FE3D5511728DDDAF0894D9415B888BF1D3 "Obituaries: The Smiling Pope,"] New York Times. November 6, 1978

reign Noun

— A reign is the period of time in which a person rules as monarch of a state or nation. s reign over Great Britain lasted from 1837 to 1901. — A reign is an entire dynasty's time ruling. A reign usually ends when the person has died, resigned, or the country has been conquered. His reign lasted 40 years until the Mongolians conquered his country.

reign

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

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reign English » English

rule govern control government command ruling regulation governance dominate ascendancy ascendance predominate kingship sovereignty prevail kingdom dynasty sway regime power order manage administration succeed to the throne storage royalty regency lordship holding hold sway executive dominion dictate custody board authority attendance age administrate administer wealth watch out verify upkeep throne take hold of supremacy supervise succession steer

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Simple sentences

The reign of Philip II lasted forty years.
Love doesn't reign, but it educates; and that is more.
Long reign our king.
During the reign of Nero the Apostles Peter and Paul were killed, who had come to Rome to preach.
Winter's reign was nearing its end.
During whose reign was that church built?
A great earthquake occurred in Rome during the reign of Tiberius.
Your reign will be disastrous and brief.
It is impossible to be king and high priest at the same time, therefore Adventists believe that Jesus will reign when he finishes his high priestly ministry in the Holy of Holies.

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It was surpassed as the world's largest encyclopaedia only in 2007, after a reign of 600 years. by Wikipedia.
During the reign of king Johan III a bitterly cold winter swept over Sweden, the likes of which had never been seen in living memory.
Have you never before heard of the king's castle at Worms on the Rhine and the kings of Burgundy who reign there?
Then you reign.
I reign all day?
We'll begin with a reign of terror.
After 13 years, Prohibition is dead leaving in its wake a criminal element used to wealth and power but unable, for the most part, to cope with the new determination by an aroused public that law and order should once more reign.
But during her reign, the forces of good have achieved notable.
That same bill is urged which, in the eleventh year of the last king's reign, was likely to have been against us passed, but that the scambling and unquiet times did push it out of further question.
That joy and prosperity may reign forever.
In this, the early summer in the year 64 A.D in the reign of the Antichrist known to history as the Emperor Nero the victorious 14th Legion is on its way back to Rome under the command of one Marcus Vinicius.
To be born in your reign is a miscalculation but to die in it is a joy.
Long may he live to reign over our lovely land.
Long may he reign in peace and security!
That was during King Louis-Philippe's reign.
We want to continue what we began in your father's reign. until every enemy soldier is disarmed!
Providing he keeps a short reign on her.
I intended to write a poem in your honor, to glorify your reign.
Be content to reign with me so we could leave behind us a legacy to our people of peace and happiness.
The stronger Himalaya vultures reign victorious and the bearded vulture has to be content with the bones.
She merely told me how you really feel. about our sainted leader and his glorious reign over Germany.
In this, the early summer in the year 64 A. D in the reign of the Antichrist known to history as the Emperor Nero the victorious 14th Legion is on its way back to Rome under the command of one Marcus Vinicius.
During the reign of our wise Sultan's grandfather, the enemy invaded our land. The treasure was buried in this park.
Thus have I politicly begun my reign and 'tis my hope to end it successfully.
A mere few feet beneath the waves, their reign ceases, their evil drowns.
She came upon a world sadly mired in the ways of the flesh. But during her reign, the forces of good have achieved notable. Stop.
But darkness will not reign forever on earth. with its anguish.
Bring him to Paris, let me marry your daughter - the royal house will be strong until Louis can reign.
The end of your reign approaches.
The royal tree hath left us royal fruit. which, mellowed with the stealing hours of time. will well become the seat of majesty. and make, no doubt, us happy by his reign.
Yet whether you accept our suit or no. your brother's son shall never reign our king. but we will plant some other in the throne. to the disgrace and downfall of your house.
Jonah thinks that a ship made by men. will carry him into countries where God does not reign.
What a splendid reign the Emperor Alexander's. might have been.
In the seventh year of the reign of Augustus Caesar an imperial decree ordered every Judean each to return to his place of birth to be counted and taxed.
I shall reign.
I shall reign, I'm 20 years of age.

News and current affairs

The single most immediate and direct impact of having an independent fiscal policy would be to reign in spending by producing a counterpoint to Panglossian government growth and revenue forecasts.
Now, it is possible that Republican legislators may rebel against their leaders, arguing that they ran for office to govern, not to paralyze the government in the hope that doing so will give the party power to reign as it wishes after the next election.
Tribal emotions are embarrassing, and dangerous when given free reign.
A singular vision has always animated this process: animosity between neighbors must not be allowed to fester, and the rule of law must reign not just within countries, but also between them.
Financing in continental Europe is traditionally bank-based, unlike in the US, where capital markets reign supreme.
If Ríos Montt faces trial instead of another reign as ruler, perhaps Guatemalans--and the wider world--will begin to see the power of the truth.
During Saddam's reign, no effort was made to raise living standards for the poor.
Poverty drives some to take money in exchange for acts of violence, abetted by the lure of a false heroism that they were not able to act upon during Saddam's long reign.
This debt was incurred during the 30-year reign of the deposed president, Hosni Mubarak.
Indeed, historians have counted as many as 25 such cycles since the reign of Tsar Ivan III.
Indeed, the Russian Church's archbishops presented their Patriarch a golden icon, one side of which depicted the Last Supper and the other a map of his vast canonical territory, to mark the tenth anniversary of his reign.
As long as the system is corrupted from above, and as long as the only way common people can deal with the government is through bribery, says the report, inefficiency will reign and people will cheat each other.
Thankfully, his reign won't last forever.
So wherever globalization and full commercialization reign supreme, there is an unmistakable concentration of quality and success.
For him and the team that took over after Helmut Kohl's 16-year reign, Germany had become a normal country, no different from other European heavyweights like France or Britain.
Not since Japan rose to world-power status during the Meiji emperor's reign in the second half of the nineteenth century has another non-Western power emerged with such potential to alter the world order as China today.
Against this backdrop, it is hardly surprising that China has been using its growing global influence to help engineer a new economic order - one in which the US dollar does not reign supreme.
Forget the French Revolution as a model: the so-called Thermidorian Reaction, when moderates ended Robespierre's Reign of Terror, was an exception to the pattern of modern revolutions.
For 45 years, Myanmar's people have been subjected to the junta's reign of terror.
Fahd, the eldest Sudeiri son, ruled for 23 years, the longest reign for a Saudi king.
But the new account fails to explain or analyze crucial events of Hirohito's reign.
They also see this victory as the main counter-weight to the memory of the USSR as a reign of brutal, unjustified violence.
The remarkable 64-year reign of 83-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej deserves credited for Thailand's unity and stability, which kept communism at bay and enabled steady economic development, warts and all.
The country's wrenching political struggle over the past several years has, at bottom, concerned what will happen after the ailing 81-year-old king's reign, now at 63 years, comes to an end.

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