REIGN
What does "REIGN" mean?
The period or act of ruling as a monarch, or to hold royal power.
Meanings
- The period during which a monarch rules. Many reforms passed during her long reign.
- To rule as a monarch or sovereign. He reigned for forty years without a serious rival.
- To be the dominant or prevailing quality or condition. After the verdict, an uneasy silence reigned in the courtroom. figurative
Word origin
From Latin 'regnum' ('kingdom'), from 'regnare' ('to rule'), via Old French 'reigne'; ultimately from 'rex' ('king'). Not related to 'rein' (a strap) or 'rain' despite sounding identical.
Remember it
REIGN keeps a kingly 'G' (think reGal, reGent); a horse's REIN has no G, and the weather's RAIN has neither I nor G in that spot.
A little poem
A crown is mostly waiting, dressed in gold-
to reign is to grow old inside a name
while history decides what stays the same.
tercet
Wordplay
- A king, a horse-strap, and a storm cloud all answer to 'rayn' - but only the king gets to reign over the confusion.
What it teaches
Power measured in years is easy to count; the part that lasts is what you did inside them.
Quick facts
What does REIGN mean?
The period or act of ruling as a monarch, or to hold royal power.
Is REIGN a valid word?
Yes — REIGN is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is REIGN?
REIGN has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does REIGN come from?
From Latin 'regnum' ('kingdom'), from 'regnare' ('to rule'), via Old French 'reigne'; ultimately from 'rex' ('king'). Not related to 'rein' (a strap) or 'rain' despite sounding identical.
What can REIGN teach us?
Power measured in years is easy to count; the part that lasts is what you did inside them.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.