regency

See also: Regency

English

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Etymology

From Middle English regencie (cf. regente), from Medieval Latin regentia, from Latin regēns, present participle of regō. By surface analysis, regent +‎ -cy; compare also +‎ -ency (“abstract-noun suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːd͡ʒənsi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

regency (countable and uncountable, plural regencies)

1. A system of government that substitutes for the reign of a king or queen when that king or queen becomes unable to rule.
2. The time during which a regent is in power.
3. An administrative division ranking below a province in Indonesia.

Derived terms

• omniregency
• viceregency

Related terms

• regent
• regal
• regalia
• coregency

Translations

system of government

Arabic: وِصَايَة f (wiṣāya) Armenian: ռեգենտություն (ṙegentutʻyun), խնամակալություն (hy) (xnamakalutʻyun) Bulgarian: регентство (bg) n (regentstvo) Catalan: regència (ca) f Czech: vladařství n Danish: regentskab n Dutch: regentschap (nl) n French: régence (fr) f Galician: rexencia f German: Regentschaft f Indonesian: kabupaten (id) Irish: leasríocht f Italian: reggenza (it) f Japanese: 摂政 (ja) (sesshō) Manx: lhiass-reeaght f Polish: regencja (pl) f Portuguese: regência (pt) f Russian: ре́гентство (ru) n (régentstvo) Spanish: regencia (es) f Swedish: regentskap (sv) c

See also

• interregnum