Defn: To regulate; to govern. [Obs.]
REIGLEMENT
Rei"gle*ment (-ment), n. Etym: [See Reglement.]
Defn: Rule; regulation. [Obs.] Bacon. Jer. Taylor.
REIGN
Reign (rn), n. Etym: [OE. regne, OF. reigne, regne, F. règne, fr. L.
regnum, fr. rex, regis, a king, fr. regere to guide, rule. See Regal,
Regimen.]
1. Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty; rule; dominion. He who like a father held his reign. Pope. Saturn's sons received the threefold reign Of heaven, of ocean,, and deep hell beneath. Prior.
2. The territory or sphere which is reigned over; kingdom; empire; realm; dominion. [Obs.] Spenser. [God] him bereft the regne that he had. Chaucer.
3. The time during which a king, queen, or emperor possesses the supreme authority; as, it happened in the reign of Elizabeth.
REIGN
Reign (rn), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reigned (rnd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Reigning.] Etym: [OE. regnen, reinen, OF. regner, F. régner, fr. L.
regnare, fr. regnum. See Reign, n.]
1. To possess or exercise sovereign power or authority; to exercise government, as a king or emperor;; to hold supreme power; to rule. Chaucer. We will not have this man to reign over us. Luke xix. 14. Shall Banquo's issue ever Reign in this kingdom Shak.
2. Hence, to be predominant; to prevail. "Pestilent diseases which commonly reign in summer." Bacon.