Rule (4)
'rule' is the definition.
(reigning is a kind of ruling)
This is the entire 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 all the 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 all the 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.
(law is a kind of rule)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for law that I've seen before include "'Possession is nine points of the ...'" , "Rule, statute" , "Legislation" , "Act" , "Regulation" .)
'rule' is the definition.
(synonyms)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for govern that I've seen before include "Run" , "Rule over or regulate" , "Manage - control" , "Exercise authority over a people" , "Control, influence" .)
'rule' is the definition.
(precept is a kind of rule)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for precept that I've seen before include "Moral rule" , "Rule of conduct or doctrine" , "Rubric" , "Rule of conduct - maxim" , "Canon" .)
'rule' is the definition.
(dictate is a kind of rule)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for dictate that I've seen before include "Determine; read out to be taken down" , "Lay down the law" , "Give orders like Stalin" , "Issue commands" , "Command" .)
'rule' is the definition.
(synonyms)
This is all the clue.
'rule' is the definition.
(synonyms)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for dominion that I've seen before include "Supremacy" , "eg Canada" , "Authority to rule over and control people" , "Territorial possession controlled by a ruling state" , "territory" .)
'rule' is the definition.
(synonyms)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for dominate that I've seen before include "Look down on; have control over" , "Master" , "Be lord over" , "Tower over" , "corner" .)
'rule' is the definition.
(norm is a kind of rule)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for norm that I've seen before include "Mean" , "Usual or standard thing" , "Most frequent state" , "(The) accepted way" , "Standard regarded as typical" .)