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r.

r. verb: synonym of ruled or reigned, used in historical dating to distinguish regnal years from births and deaths. Also the abbreviation of rare.

Verb

r.

  1. Synonym of ruled or reigned, used in historical dating to distinguish regnal years from births and deaths.
    • The Byzantine emperor Manuel I (r. 1143–1180) was part of the Komnenid or Comnenid dynasty.
    Synonyms:
    ruled or reigned, used in historical dating to distinguish regnal years from births and deaths

Proper noun capitalized: R.

R.

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Regina (“the queen”).
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Rex (“the king”).
  3. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Rabbi.
    • R. Meir ben Simeon of Narbonne sharply criticized both the polytheistic implications of the Kabbalistic doctrine of prayers to varied divine manifestations and specific books containing Kabbalistic ideas.1988, Moshe Idel, Kabbalah: New Perspectives, →ISBN, page 1
    • The quotation is from what seems to be an interfaith discussion between the second-century C.E. Palestinian sage, Rabbi Akiba, and a man identified by his Greek name, Zenon.²⁸ Zenon asks R. Akiba how he explains the fact that individuals seeking the healing power of idols (probably referring to...2010 January 7, Ephraim Shoham-Steiner, “Jews and Healing at Medieval Saints’ Shrines: Participation, Polemics, and Shared Cultures*”, in Harvard Theological Review, volume 103, number 01, →DOI, page...

Also used as

r. is also the abbreviation of rare.

r. is also the abbreviation of revision.

r. is also the abbreviation of royal.

r. is also the abbreviation of right.

r. is also the abbreviation of rule.

r. is also the abbreviation of ruble.

Synonyms of r.

  • ruled or reigned
  • used in historical dating to distinguish regnal years from births and deaths

Forms of r.

pluralrs.

Origin of r.

Originally from Latin r., abbreviating Latin rexit or Latin rēgnāvit (“[he/she/it] ruled or reigned”). Now often parsed as an abbreviation of English ruled or reigned.

Abbreviations.

Phrases with r.

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Questions about r.

What does r. mean?
R. means synonym of ruled or reigned, used in historical dating to distinguish regnal years from births and deaths.
What part of speech is r.?
R. can be a verb or a proper noun.

Words near r. in the dictionary

  1. r-values
  2. r-word
  3. r-worded
  4. r-wording
  5. r-words
  6. r.
  7. R. I. S.
  8. R. I. S.s
  9. R. O. C.
  10. R. S.
  11. R. S. S.

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