To: BibChr
You can post the definition of "Reign."
Good one!
40 posted on
07/25/2008 9:27:29 AM PDT by
HIDEK6
To: HIDEK6
reign |rān| verb [ intrans. ] hold royal office; rule as king or queen : Queen Elizabeth reigns over the UK | figurative the Nashville sound will reign supreme once again. [usu. as adj. ] ( reigning) (of an athlete or team) currently hold a particular title : the reigning world champion. (of a quality or condition) prevail; predominate : confusion reigned. noun the period during which a sovereign rules : the original chapel was built in the reign of Charles I. the period of prevalence or domination of a specified thing : these historic seconds inaugurated the reign of negative political advertising. the period during which an athlete or team holds a specified title. ORIGIN Middle English : from Old French reignier to reign, reigne kingdom, from Latin regnum, related to rex, reg- king. USAGE The correct idiomatic phrase is free rein, not free reign; see usage at rein .
75 posted on
07/25/2008 1:49:35 PM PDT by
itsahoot
(We will have world government. The only question is whether by conquest or consent.)
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