English

Adjective

regnant ‎(not comparable)

1. Reigning, ruling; currently holding power. [from 15th c.]
   • 1910, A. M. Fairbairn, Studies in Religion and Theology, page 99

     The people are now the State, their will is the regnant will, and that will has this characteristic — it loves principles, it hates compromises; and the principles it loves must be regulative, fit to be applied to the work and guidance of life.

2. Dominant, holding sway; holding particular power or influence. [from 17th c.]
   • 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 7:

     The doors of his temples were kept open in time of war, the time in which the ideas of contradiction and conflict are most naturally regnant.

Noun

regnant ‎(plural regnants)

1. (obsolete) A sovereign or ruler.
   • Sir Walter Scott, The Abbot (chapter VI)

     Here are two sovereigns in the land, a regnant and a claimant - that is enough of one good thing - but if any one wants more, he may find a king in every peelhouse in the country; so if we lack government, it is not for lack of governors.

Catalan

Verb

regnant

1. present participle of regnar

Latin

Verb

rēgnant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of rēgnō