Definition of ruling

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Ruling (a.) Predominant; chief; reigning; controlling; as, a ruling passion; a ruling sovereign..

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Regent :: Regent (a.) Ruling; governing; regnant.
Dominative :: Dominative (a.) Governing; ruling; imperious.
Overking :: Overking (n.) A king who has sovereignty over inferior kings or ruling princes.
Hobbyhorse :: Hobbyhorse (n.) A subject or plan upon which one is constantly setting off; a favorite and ever-recurring theme of discourse, thought, or effort; that which occupies one's attention unduly, or to the weariness of others; a ruling passion..
Aristocrat :: Aristocrat (n.) One of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble.
Ruling :: Ruling (n.) The act of one who rules; ruled lines.
Conversion :: Conversion (n.) A spiritual and moral change attending a change of belief with conviction; a change of heart; a change from the service of the world to the service of God; a change of the ruling disposition of the soul, involving a transformation of the outward life..
Caput :: Caput (n.) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.
Spirit :: Spirit (n.) One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper; as, a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit..
Monarch :: Monarch (a.) Superior to others; preeminent; supreme; ruling.
Crucify :: Crucify (v. t.) To destroy the power or ruling influence of; to subdue completely; to mortify.
Timeserver :: Timeserver (n.) One who adapts his opinions and manners to the times; one who obsequiously compiles with the ruling power; -- now used only in a bad sense.
Rulingly :: Rulingly (adv.) In a ruling manner; so as to rule.
Archy :: archy () A suffix properly meaning a rule, ruling, as in monarchy, the rule of one only. Cf. -arch..
Ruling :: Ruling (a.) Used in marking or engraving lines; as, a ruling machine or pen..
Dominator :: Dominator (n.) A ruler or ruling power.
Government :: Government (n.) The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration.
Presbytery :: Presbytery (n.) A judicatory consisting of all the ministers within a certain district, and one layman, who is a ruling elder, from each parish or church, commissioned to represent the church in conjunction with the pastor. This body has a general jurisdiction over the churches under its care, and next below the provincial synod in authority..
Misrule :: Misrule (n.) The act, or the result, of misruling..
Rule :: Rule (a.) The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
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