Definition of ruling

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Ruling (a.) Predominant; chief; reigning; controlling; as, a ruling passion; a ruling sovereign..

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Necessity :: Necessity (n.) That which makes an act or an event unavoidable; irresistible force; overruling power; compulsion, physical or moral; fate; fatality..
Overruling :: Overruling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overrul.
Archy :: archy () A suffix properly meaning a rule, ruling, as in monarchy, the rule of one only. Cf. -arch..
Domination :: Domination (n.) The act of dominating; exercise of power in ruling; dominion; supremacy; authority; often, arbitrary or insolent sway..
Overruling :: Overruling (a.) Exerting controlling power; as, an overruling Providence..
Dominant :: Dominant (a.) Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power..
Overking :: Overking (n.) A king who has sovereignty over inferior kings or ruling princes.
Conversion :: Conversion (n.) A spiritual and moral change attending a change of belief with conviction; a change of heart; a change from the service of the world to the service of God; a change of the ruling disposition of the soul, involving a transformation of the outward life..
Regnant :: Regnant (a.) Having the chief power; ruling; predominant; prevalent.
Rulingly :: Rulingly (adv.) In a ruling manner; so as to rule.
Monarch :: Monarch (a.) Superior to others; preeminent; supreme; ruling.
Banish :: Banish (v. t.) To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the ruling power..
Spirit :: Spirit (n.) One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper; as, a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit..
Domination :: Domination (n.) A ruling party; a party in power.
Regent :: Regent (a.) Ruling; governing; regnant.
Presbytery :: Presbytery (n.) A judicatory consisting of all the ministers within a certain district, and one layman, who is a ruling elder, from each parish or church, commissioned to represent the church in conjunction with the pastor. This body has a general jurisdiction over the churches under its care, and next below the provincial synod in authority..
Hobbyhorse :: Hobbyhorse (n.) A subject or plan upon which one is constantly setting off; a favorite and ever-recurring theme of discourse, thought, or effort; that which occupies one's attention unduly, or to the weariness of others; a ruling passion..
Ruling :: Ruling (a.) Predominant; chief; reigning; controlling; as, a ruling passion; a ruling sovereign..
Misrule :: Misrule (n.) The act, or the result, of misruling..
Domineering :: Domineering (a.) Ruling arrogantly; overbearing.
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