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单词 reigning
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reigningn.

Brit. /ˈreɪnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈreɪnɪŋ/
Forms: see reign v. and -ing suffix1; also Middle English reuynge (transmission error), 1700s reigneing.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reign v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < reign v. + -ing suffix1. Compare earlier reign n.
The action of reign v.; the period of rule by God, a monarch, etc.; a reign.
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society > authority > rule or government > sole rule > [noun] > ruling or reigning as monarch
reigninga1387
regnationc1475
monarchizing1593
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 99 (MED) In Salon his tyme men of Athene hadde no lawe, for eueriche of hem hadde likynge of reuynge [perh. read renynge; v.r. regnynge; L. regnandi] instede of lawe.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 8515 His regnning was wit right resun.
1439 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 119 The xviij yere Rengnyng of our souereyn lord Kyng Harry.
a1450 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Lamb.) (1887) i. 4105 For regnynge of kynges straunge,..langage men chaunge.
a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 117, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Renging Na saucht is in falloschip of renging [L. Nulla fides regni sociis].
1597 T. Morton Diet of Soule iii. §4. 95 in 2 Treat. conc. Regeneration A spirituall disease is the raigning of sin, or ordinary and habituall preuailing of sin against grace.
1633 P. Fletcher Elisa 115 in Purple Island There doth it blessed sit, and looking down,..Scorns earth, where even Kings most serve by reigning.
1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness v. xvii. 211 Till Christ's coming again in the Spirit to renew his lapsed Church into true Holiness and Righteousness in the rising of the Witnesses and the reigning of the Saints upon Earth a thousand years.
1711 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 120 The innocency of James the Second in his reigneing.
1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xiii. 394 Of all arts, the most difficult was the art of reigning.
1831 H. Gipps Treat. on Revelations i. 16 A reigning of the saints after their resurrection, as would be immediately connected with, and precede their reigning for ever.
1890 J. S. Blackie Song of Heroes i. 14 To the splendid cares of reigning, Him the God-sent prophet chose.
1926 W. Lewis Art of being Ruled iii. ii. 71 The primitive humanitarian notion of the rising and reigning of the sans-culotte.
2002 J. R. Donahue Hearing Word of God 150 The reigning of God is like a mustard seed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

reigningadj.

Brit. /ˈreɪnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈreɪnɪŋ/
Forms: see reign v. and -ing suffix2; also Scottish pre-1700 reigneing.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reign v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < reign v. + -ing suffix2. Compare slightly earlier regnant adj.
1. Prevailing, predominating, chief.
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society > authority > power > influence > [adjective] > of controlling or predominating influence
regitive?a1425
reigninga1500
reignative1532
overruling1586
predominating1595
hegemonicala1602
regnant1604
dominating1611
ruling1652
presiding1653
hegemonic1656
over-ruly1657
regulant1677
in the ascendanta1698
overriding1830
octopean1896
hegemoniac1959
a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 2341 If the Regnyng qualite be drynes, ye may a-mend it with humour of moystnes.
1586 S. Bredwell Detection E. Glouers Hereticall Confection ii. 99 If..hee ment as hee sheweth in all other places, presumptuous and raigning sinnes, then he is here in his old vaine of lying, for we are so far from this iudgement, to call any elect, that haue sin raigning in them.
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 154 The raigning and defiling and deceiving power of it.
1670 Acct. Causes Distempers 5 Such I say is the Scurvy, that grand Enemy to Health, and only reigning Disease of this Kingdom, which Persons of all Ranks, Ages and Sexes are more or less afflicted with.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 13. ¶6 To show what are at present the reigning Entertainments of the Politer Part of Great Britain.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Reigning-winds, a name given to the winds which usually prevail on any particular coast or region.
1817 T. Chalmers Series Disc. Christian Revelation ii. 88 The reigning principle of this Discourse.
1873 H. Rogers Superhuman Origin Bible (1875) ii. 87 The reigning feature which from first to last distinguishes this book from every other.
1939 Philosophy 14 202 The phases of history, for him, are governed, each of them, by an idea—the reigning idea of the time.
1979 Maclean's 11 June 34/3 Consumerism is the reigning form of escapism as students buy the latest in Japanese motor bikes and sound equipment.
2002 S. Pinker Blank Slate (Book Club ed.) iii. 46 The reigning theories of schizophrenia pointed to societal stress, ‘schizophrenogenic mothers’, double binds, and other life experiences.
2.
a. Of a person: ruling, governing, esp. holding royal office, ruling as monarch.
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1524 Begynnynge Ordre Knyghtes Hospytallers sig. A.iii v The sayd Realme of Ierusalem beynge destytute and bereued of all fayrnesse and ornamentes hauynge in it reygnynge people of dyuers generacyons & sectes.
1596 M. Drayton Tragicall Legend Robert Duke of Normandy sig. C7 She wing my power in this new raigning King, As by my hand inuisibly to rise, Decking his crowne with worldly dignities.
1631 T. May tr. J. Barclay Mirrour of Mindes iv. 133 The now reigning King, Iames of Brittaine, has at last bestowed this benefit vpon this country.
1668 J. Owen Exercitations Epist. to Hebrews xii. 143 There was no necessity that the Messiah should spring from the reigning Family, although he did so; but only that he should be of the Seed of David.
1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 17 Dec. (1965) I. 289 I have taken this little fatigue meerly to oblige the reigning Empress.
1786 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) I. 574 The reigning party in the United Netherlands, and the government of this country.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 335 He sent him to France to receive his education at the court of the reigning sovereign.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xx. 444 The Whigs were on principle attached to the reigning dynasty.
1931 PMLA 46 886 What joins together for life in this same novel two such racially different persons as a German reigning prince and an American quintroon..is the quality..of being ‘alone and isolated’.
1994 Maclean's 31 Oct. 46/1 Queen Elizabeth II became the first reigning British ruler ever to visit Russia last week.
b. In extended use: currently holding or laying claim to a position of dominance, status, or influence; (now) esp. (of a sportsperson or team) currently holding a particular championship or trophy.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > [adjective] > ruling or governing
regnantc1475
governing1534
ladylike1534
lording1548
ruling1561
signorizing1588
regent1613
swaying1625
regal1653
reigning1705
society > authority > rule or government > sole rule > [adjective] > ruling as monarch
regnantc1475
monarchial1548
monarchal1586
monarchizing1592
monarchicala1618
sovereignizing1621
monarchic1632
regent1690
reigning1705
1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 9 Pictures of the reigning Beauties in the Court of France.
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 156. ⁋ 1 The History of the reigning Favourites among the Women.
1757 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances I. xcvii. 174 She could not avoid Suffering greatly, from a Certainty of Sally's being the reigning Favourite.
1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xxxii. 313 The book was daintily illustrated with pictures of reigning beauties.
1859 Harper's Mag. Feb. 375/1 Rumor had many times coupled his name with that of the reigning belle.
1927 Times 1 Aug. 4/3 This year Lancashire, the reigning champions, had to come to Leeds for the great game.
1990 Gourmet Sept. 60/2 What the browser didn't find were novels by Stephen King, Jackie Collins, Judith Krantz, Robert Ludlum, Tom Clancy, Tom Wolfe, or any of the reigning mistresses of the bodice-ripper genre.
2005 Stuff Aug. 13 Nine out of 12 riders in the British quad racing championships use this ATV, including reigning champion Paul Winrow.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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