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▪ I. reigning, vbl. n.|ˈreɪnɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. reign.
a1300Cursor M. 8515 His regnning was wit right resun. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 4105 For regnynge of kynges straunge,..langage men chaunge. 1439E.E. Wills 119 The xviij yere [? of the] Rengnyng of our souereyn lord Kyng Harry. 1633P. Fletcher Elisa i. xliii, There doth it blessed sit, and looking down,..Scorns earth, where even Kings most serve by reigning. 1711in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. V. 120 The innocency of James the Second in his reigneing. 1776Gibbon Decl. & F. xiii. I. 394 Of all arts, the most difficult was the art of reigning.
▪ II. reigning, ppl. a.|ˈreɪnɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That reigns, in various senses of the vb.
1. Of persons: Ruling, governing.
1716Lady M. W. Montagu Let. to C'tess Mar 17 Oct., I have taken this little fatigue merely to oblige the reigning empress. 1786Jefferson Writ. (1859) I. 574 The reigning party in the United Netherlands, and the government of this country. 1828Scott F.M. Perth xxxv, He sent him to France to receive his education at the court of the reigning sovereign. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xx. IV. 444 The Whigs were on principle attached to the reigning dynasty.
b. transf.
1705Addison Italy 9 Pictures of the reigning Beauties in the Court of France. 1711Steele Spect. No. 156 ⁋ 1 The History of the reigning Favourites among the Women. 1849Thackeray Pendennis xxxi, The book was daintily illustrated with pictures of reigning beauties.
2. Of things: Prevailing, predominating, chief.
1642Rogers Naaman 154 The raigning and defiling and deceiving power of it. 1685Evelyn Mrs. Godolphin (1888) 9 The raigneing pestilence of Sixty-fiue. 1711Addison Spect. No. 13 ⁋6 To show what are at present the reigning Entertainments of the Politer Part of Great-Britain. 1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1780), Reigning-winds, a name given to the winds which usually prevail on any particular coast or region. 1817Chalmers Astron. Disc. ii. (1852) 63 The reigning principle of this Discourse. 1873Rogers Orig. Bible ii. (1875) 87 The reigning feature which from first to last distinguishes this book from every other. |