reigning

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

REIGNING, participle present tense ra'ning. 1. Holding or exercising supreme power; ruling; governing as king, queen or emperor. 2. adjective Predominating; prevailing; as a reigning vice or disease.
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