Meanings of reigned silence in English

It had come and gone, awful, untraceable, and in the place of its solemnity reigned silence absolute.

Everywhere around him reigned silence, but that charming silence when the sun has set in an unclouded azure sky.

The market-place of Paimpol, hedged in on all sides by the old-fashioned houses, became sadder and sadder with the darkling; everywhere reigned silence.

This other person had taken the decision on the level of instinct, and he bypassed consciousness in which there now reigned silence and emptiness.