reign over someone or something

reign over someone or something
reign over someone or something
to rule over someone or something. •

The king reigned over his subjects for over thirty years.

The queen reigned over the country for a long time.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Reign Over Me — Infobox Film name = Reign Over Me caption = Promotional Poster amg id = 1:359951 imdb id = 0490204 producer = Jack Binder, Michael Rotenberg director = Mike Binder writer = Mike Binder starring = Adam Sandler Don Cheadle Jada Pinkett Smith Liv… …   Wikipedia

  • reign — reign1 [reın] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: regne, from Latin regnum, from rex king ] 1.) the period when someone is king, queen, or ↑emperor reign of ▪ changes that took place during Charlemagne s reign ▪ the reign of James I …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • reign — [[t]re͟ɪn[/t]] reigns, reigning, reigned 1) VERB If you say, for example, that silence reigns in a place or confusion reigns in a situation, you mean that the place is silent or the situation is confused. Last night confusion reigned about how… …   English dictionary

  • Over 21 — Directed by Charles Vidor Produced by Sidney Buchman Written by Ruth Gordon (play) Sidney Buchman Starring …   Wikipedia

  • Dark Reign (comics) — Dark Reign Cover to Secret Invasion: Dark Reign. Art by Alex Maleev. Publisher Marvel Comics Publication date December 2008 – December 2009 …   Wikipedia

  • rule — 1 n 1 a: a prescribed guide for conduct or action b: a regulating principle or precept 2 a: an order or directive issued by a court in a particular proceeding esp. upon petition of a party to the proceeding that commands an officer or party to… …   Law dictionary

  • List of commonly misused English words — This is a list of English words which are commonly misused. It is meant to include only words whose misuse is deprecated by most usage writers, editors, and other professional linguists of Standard English. It is possible that some of the… …   Wikipedia

  • Superboy (Kon-El) — Superboy Superboy flies into action. Art by Mike McKone. Publication information Publisher DC Comics First …   Wikipedia

  • Character mask — Part of a series on Marxism …   Wikipedia

  • KABBALAH — This entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction general notes terms used for kabbalah the historical development of the kabbalah the early beginnings of mysticism and esotericism apocalyptic esotericism and merkabah… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Jesus Christ — 1. Jesus (def. 1). 2. Jesus (def. 5). * * * Introduction also called  Jesus of Galilee  or  Jesus of Nazareth   born c. 6–4 BC, Bethlehem died c. AD 30, Jerusalem  founder of Christianity, one of the world s largest religions, and the incarnation …   Universalium

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”