Rule (5)
'rule' is the definition.
(synonyms)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for reign that I've seen before include "Monarch's period" , "Period of the rule of a sovereign" , "Sit on a throne" , "Rule over in Niger" , "Rule of monarch" .)
'rule' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for edict that I've seen before include "Injunction" , "Decree by authority" , "Declaration" , "Legally binding command" , "Decree, order" .)
'rule' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for tenet that I've seen before include "Dogma or principle" , "Key principle" , "A palindromic doctrine or belief" , "Doctrine held to be true" , "Fundamental belief" .)
'rule' is the definition.
(canon can mean a law)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for canon that I've seen before include "Principle; list of recognised works" , "Principle - church dignitary - regulation" , "religious leader" , "Literary works of quality" , "senior cleric" .)
'rule' is the definition.
(law is a kind of rule)
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(Other definitions for law that I've seen before include "Rule prohibiting certain actions" , "Legislation" , "Rule imposed by authority" , "at 16 down [MAN UNITED]" , "Regulation" .)
'rule' is the definition.
(synonyms)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for govern that I've seen before include "'Rule over, control (6)'" , "Rule over or regulate" , "Control and direct the affairs of" , "Exercise authority over a people" , "Check; rule" .)
'rule' is the definition.
(precept is a kind of rule)
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(Other definitions for precept that I've seen before include "Rule of action" , "Rule of conduct or doctrine" , "Tax" , "order for payment of rate" , "Moral rule" .)
'rule' is the definition.
(dictate is a kind of rule)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for dictate that I've seen before include "Determine; read out to be taken down" , "speak slowly" , "speak (words to be taken down)" , "say" , "Order; determine" .)
'rule' is the definition.
(regulation is a kind of rule)
This is all the clue.
'rule' is the definition.
(synonyms)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for dominion that I've seen before include "eg Canada" , "territory" , "Area of control" , "power" , "Territorial possession controlled by a ruling state" .)
'rule' is the definition.
(synonyms)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for dominate that I've seen before include "Look down on; have control over" , "Tower over" , "Be lord over" , "Govern" , "corner" .)
'rule' is the definition.
(norm is a kind of rule)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for norm that I've seen before include "Rule, standard, pattern" , "Standard, criterion" , "Yardstick" , "Small boy" , "Rule; average" .)