Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Reigning; ruling: a queen regnant.
- adj. Predominant.
- adj. Widespread; prevalent.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Reigning; exercising regal authority by hereditary right. The church of martyrs, and the church of saints, and doctors, and confessors, now regnant in heaven.
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 214. - Ruling; predominant; prevalent; having the chief power.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Exercising regal authority; reigning.
- adj. Having the chief power; ruling; predominant; prevalent.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. exercising power or authority
Etymologies
- From Middle French regnant and its source, the present participle of Latin regnāre. (Wiktionary)
- Probably from Middle English, a sovereign, from Old French, from Latin rēgnāns, rēgnant-, present participle of rēgnāre, to reign, from rēgnum, reign; see reign. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“regnant" to be altogether satisfactory; and there are many similar extravagances and inaccuracies.”
“We cannot address the abortion problem without addressing our national sexual ethic, which has evolved from the ancient tradition that sex belongs in marriage, to the briefly regnant social norm that sex belongs in committed relationships, to the current standard that sex belongs wherever I want it to belong.”
The Huffington Post: Dr. David P. Gushee: Abortion, American Culture And The Limits Of Law
“He was the spirit of regnant labor as he stood there, his hands outreaching to rend and crush his audience.”
“Physics, engineering and chemistry were regnant, and biology was still largely observational rather than experimental, so the great debates about evolution and the origins of life were yet to come.”
The Huffington Post: Jonathan D. Moreno: Are We Still a Nation of Science?
“But it still gives us a visceral thrill, like the trumpets and timpani in a symphony by Beethoven, because it reminds us of some of the greatest chapters of our species, when humanism was regnant.”
The Washington Post: Designs for NYC's Park51 Islamic center show a literally enlightened building
“The book's subtitle delineates precisely Mary's predicament: Born a princess in 1516 with an excellent education and formidable pedigree, she was declared illegitimate after her parents 'divorce but later crowned as England's first queen regnant.”
“But the star of the show and the regnant monarch of tall buildings is Dubai's Burj Khalifa also by SOM.”
“And she is, at the start of the book, seven months regnant.”
“It is a truism of kings—and of queens regnant—that the most valued counselor is the one who will dredge from our own minds the truth we already know but hesitate to speak.”
Simon & Schuster: Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer
“With each word I speak, I am laying the road along which my daughter will walk to the throne as Queen regnant, accepted, loved, and trusted by her people.”
Simon & Schuster: Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer
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