Frequency rank: 8,575. – 8,594.
- reigning (over a country)
- dominating; controlling; dictating
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; intransitive verb
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He is possessed with the ambition to rule over the world.
There was a time when kings and queens reigned over the world.
The English sovereign is generally said to reign but not rule.
In Great Britain the king reigns, but does not govern.