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reign 
  n 
1 the period during which a monarch is the official ruler of a country 
2 a period during which a person or thing is dominant, influential, or powerful 
the reign of violence is over  
  vb intr 
3 to exercise the power and authority of a sovereign 
4 to be accorded the rank and title of a sovereign without having ruling authority, as in a constitutional monarchy 
5 to predominate; prevail 
a land where darkness reigns  
6 usually present participle to be the most recent winner of a competition, contest, etc. 
the reigning heavyweight champion  
  (C13: from Old French reigne, from Latin regnum kingdom, from rex king) 
Reign is sometimes wrongly written for rein in certain phrases: he gave full rein (not reign) to his feelings; it will be necessary to rein in (not reign in) public spending 

Reign of Terror 
  n the period of Jacobin rule during the French Revolution, during which thousands of people were executed for treason (Oct. 1793--July 1794) 



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