1. (n.) Exercise of power in ruling; dominion; supremacy\; authority; often, arbitrary or insolent sway.

2. (n.) A ruling party; a party in power.

3. (n.) A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; -- a meaning given by the schoolmen.

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