All 3 Uses of
reign
in
Hard Times
- And he had it in charge from high authority to bring about the great public-office Millennium, when Commissioners should reign upon earth.†
Chpt 1.2
- For the rest, she knew that after officehours, she reigned supreme over all the office furniture, and over a locked-up iron room with three locks, against the door of which strong chamber the light porter laid his head every night, on a truckle bed, that disappeared at cockcrow.†
Chpt 2.1
- Sissy, though well acquainted with his Royal line, had no personal knowledge of the present Emperor, and his reign was peaceful.†
Chpt 3.7 *
Definition:
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(reign as in: She reigned over England) rule (like that of a king or queen); or the time during which one ruled