Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Hold sway.
5 letter answer(s) to hold sway
REIGN
a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful; "he was helpless under the reign of his egotism"
be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance; "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"
have sovereign power; "Henry VIII reigned for a long time"
royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
the period during which a monarch is sovereign; "during the reign of Henry VIII"
4 letter answer(s) to hold sway
RULE
(linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice
(mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems; "he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs"; "he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials"
a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct; "their principles of composition characterized all their works"
a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior; "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation"
a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system; "the principle of the conservation of mass"; "the principle of jet propulsion"; "the right-hand rule for inductive fields"
any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order; "the rule of St. Dominic"
be larger in num
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