Definition of reign

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Reign (n.) The territory or sphere which is reigned over; kingdom; empire; realm; dominion.

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Subsidy :: Subsidy (n.) Support; aid; cooperation; esp., extraordinary aid in money rendered to the sovereign or to a friendly power..
Mercenary :: Mercenary (n.) One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired into foreign service..
Exist :: Exist (v. i.) To be manifest in any manner; to continue to be; as, great evils existed in his reign..
Convention :: Convention (v. i.) An agreement or contract less formal than, or preliminary to, a treaty; an informal compact, as between commanders of armies in respect to suspension of hostilities, or between states; also, a formal agreement between governments or sovereign powers; as, a postal convention between two governments..
Intestine :: Intestine (a.) Internal with regard to a state or country; domestic; not foreign; -- applied usually to that which is evil; as, intestine disorders, calamities, etc..
Purity :: Purity (n.) Freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or improper words or phrases; as, purity of style..
Foreign :: Foreign (a.) Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.
Sovereignty :: Sovereignty (n.) The quality or state of being sovereign, or of being a sovereign; the exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme power; dominion; sway; supremacy; independence; also, that which is sovereign; a sovereign state; as, Italy was formerly divided into many sovereignties..
Rendition :: Rendition (n.) The act of rendering; especially, the act of surrender, as of fugitives from justice, at the claim of a foreign government; also, surrender in war..
Franchise :: Franchise (a.) A particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or a government, and vested in individuals; an imunity or exemption from ordinary jurisdiction; a constitutional or statutory right or privilege, esp. the right to vote..
Autonomy :: Autonomy (n.) The sovereignty of reason in the sphere of morals; or man's power, as possessed of reason, to give law to himself. In this, according to Kant, consist the true nature and only possible proof of liberty..
Praemunire :: Praemunire (n.) The offense of introducing foreign authority into England, the penalties for which were originally intended to depress the civil power of the pope in the kingdom..
Protractor :: Protractor (n.) An instrument formerly used in extracting foreign or offensive matter from a wound.
Knight :: Knight (n.) One on whom knighthood, a dignity next below that of baronet, is conferred by the sovereign, entitling him to be addressed as Sir; as, Sir John..
Diplomatical :: Diplomatical (a.) Pertaining to diplomacy; relating to the foreign ministers at a court, who are called the diplomatic body..
Legation :: Legation (n.) The place of business or official residence of a diplomatic minister at a foreign court or seat of government.
Royalty :: Royalty (n.) The person of a king or sovereign; majesty; as, in the presence of royalty..
Alien :: Alien (n.) A foreigner; one owing allegiance, or belonging, to another country; a foreign-born resident of a country in which he does not possess the privileges of a citizen. Hence, a stranger. See Alienage..
Sceptre :: Sceptre (n.) A staff or baton borne by a sovereign, as a ceremonial badge or emblem of authority; a royal mace..
Tramontane :: Tramontane (a.) Lying or being beyond the mountains; coming from the other side of the mountains; hence, foreign; barbarous..
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