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{{short description|Period in which a sovereign rules}} {{Other uses}} A '''reign''' is the period of a person's or [[dynasty]]'s occupation of the office of [[monarch]] of a nation (e.g., [[King of Saudi Arabia|Saudi Arabia]], [[List of Belgian monarchs|Belgium]], [[Co-princes of Andorra|Andorra]]), of a people (e.g., [[List of Frankish kings|the Franks]], [[List of Zulu kings|the Zulus]]) or of a spiritual community (e.g., [[Pope|Catholicism]], [[Dalai Lama|Tibetan Buddhism]], [[Aga Khan|Nizari Ismailism]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/reign|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160925222719/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/reign|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 25, 2016|title=reign - definition of reign in English {{!}} Oxford Dictionaries|website=Oxford Dictionaries {{!}} English|access-date=2017-04-09}}</ref> In most hereditary monarchies and some elective monarchies (e.g., [[Holy Roman Empire]]) there have been no limits on the duration of a sovereign's reign or [[incumbent|incumbency]], nor is there a [[term limit|term of office]]. Thus, a reign usually lasts until the monarch dies, unless the monarchy itself is abolished or the monarch abdicates or is deposed. In [[elective monarchy|elective monarchies]], there may be a fixed period of time for the duration of the monarch's tenure in office (e.g., [[King of Malaysia|Malaysia]]). The term of a reign can be indicated with the abbreviation "r." (for [[Latin]] ''{{lang|la|rexit}}'') after a sovereign's name,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ym12CgAAQBAJ&q=%22r.%22+abbreviation+monarch+%22reigned%22&pg=PA238|title=Fonseca Robbins´Lexicon|last=Robbins|first=John Fonseca|date=2015-08-31|publisher=[[Clube de Autores]]|location=[[Joinville]]|pages=238|language=en}}</ref> such as the following: :[[George VI|George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions, Emperor of India]] (r. 1936–1952)
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