reign

/reɪn/ noun

Definition

KING/QUEEN [C] › a period of time when a king or queen rules a country: the reign of Henry VIII

IMPORTANT JOB [no plural] › a period of time when someone controls a sports team, an organization, etc: Christie's reign as captain of the British athletics team

(Definition of reign noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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