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- noun Plural form of
reigner .
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The longevity among monarchs of the present day is indeed gratifying when one reads of the brief lives of these old reigners, for it surely demonstrates that royalty, when not carried to excess, is rather conducive to health than otherwise.
Comic History of England Bill Nye 1873
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But the wisdom of the law concerning the naturalizing of fo - reigners is a little dubious, because it forbids the freedom of the city to be granted to any but such as are for ever exiled frtnn thcit
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In attempting to spread our flag over fo - reigners, its distinctive character has been lost to our own citizens,
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It did not proceed, as it might in India, from any religious scruple, against eating with profane fo - reigners.
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The trade and dominion of Venice pervaded the coaft of the Adriatic, and the hofpiiable republic opened her bofom to fo - reigners of every climate and religion.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: By Edward Gibbon ... 1788
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The Moors, weary of the arbitrary government of thefe Arab fo - reigners, willingly followed the ftandard of
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He could not tranfp'jrt his Vlen without great charge, and muJt fufFer the delays and dangers of the Winds and Seas; He muft exhiuft his own Kingdom's money to maintain his Troops abroad znd to be fpent amongft Foreigners for the provifions of his Army; he muft exped to lofe many of our Engliflmen by the fudden change of Climjtte, Air and Diet, and the Ignorance of providing for themfelves amongftfo - reigners.
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God, the King and Father of all, and many gods, the sons of God, co-reigners together with God_ "(Diss.i. p. 450).
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