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reign

noun
  1. royal authority
    sovereignty
  2. the period during which a monarch is sovereign
    “during the reign of Henry VIII”
  3. a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful
    “We were helpless under the reign of our egotism.”
verb
  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”
    predominate