reign

Meanings

Noun

• The exercise of sovereign power.
• The period during which a monarch rules.
• The territory or sphere over which a kingdom; empire; realm; dominion, etc. is ruled.

Verb

• To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch.
• To reign over (a country)
• To be the winner of the most recent iteration of a competition.
• To be a dominant quality of a place or situation; to prevail, predominate, rule.

Related

Similar words

• rix

Origin

• From Middle English regnen, from Old French regner, from the Latin verb rēgnō, and the noun rēgnum. regnum.