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Synonyms for regnant

Grammar : Adj
Spell : reg-nuh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛg nənt

Définition of regnant

Origin :
  • "reigning, exercising authority," c.1600, from Latin regnantem (nominative regnans) "reigning," present participle stem of regnare "to reign" (see reign). Adjective regnal (1610s) means "pertaining to a reign," especially in reference to the day or year a reign began.
  • adj exercising power
Example sentences :
  • It was urged that Nero was then regnant when this command of non-resistance was given.
  • Extract from : « Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) » by John Howie
  • Even a mild admonition from the regnant Pope had failed to produce any effect.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of the Czar » by John R. Carling
  • It was the regnant minority which rushed the South into secession.
  • Extract from : « The Arena » by Various
  • His regnant desires, by which his worthy little life was governed, were to love and to please.
  • Extract from : « Lords of the Housetops » by Various
  • In the regnant silence she rose, laid aside her book, softly opened the door, and stepped as softly into the narrow passage.
  • Extract from : « There and Back » by George MacDonald
  • The sun was regnant, and little brown birds flew cheerily over the snow and talked of nests.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • He spoke to the sound common sense and the regnant conscience of the masses.
  • Extract from : « The Brothers' War » by John Calvin Reed
  • Hugo and Mazzini, Byron and Macaulay had all now appeared upon the scene, and romanticism was regnant.
  • Extract from : « A Social History of The American Negro » by Benjamin Brawley
  • In the general sense in which every man has a philosophy, this is merely the deposit of the regnant notions of the time.
  • Extract from : « Edward Caldwell Moore » by Edward Moore
  • Not the all-producing summer is so rich in bounty as the mind is rich in thought when working its regnant and creative moods.
  • Extract from : « A Man's Value to Society » by Newell Dwight Hillis

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