Reign vs Mandate - What's the difference?
reign | mandate |
The exercise of sovereign power.
* Prior
The period during which a monarch rules.
The territory or sphere over which a kingdom; empire; realm; dominion, etc. is ruled.
To exercise sovereign power, or to rule as a monarch
An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.
to authorize
to make mandatory
As verbs the difference between reign and mandate
is that reign is to exercise sovereign power, or to rule as a monarch while mandate is .As a noun reign
is the exercise of sovereign power.reign
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- England prospered under Elizabeth I.'s reign .
- Saturn's sons received the threefold reign / Of heaven, of ocean, and deep hell beneath.
- The reign of Victoria was a long one.
- (Spenser)
Verb
(en verb)- He reigned in an autocratic manner.