[n] royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
[n] the period during which a monarch is sovereign; "during the reign of Henry VIII"
[n] a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful; "he was helpless under the reign of his egotism"
[v] have sovereign power; "Henry VIII reigned for a long time"
[v] be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance; "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"