Re·gen·cy n.; pl. Regencies
 1. The office of ruler; rule; authority; government.
 2. Especially, the office, jurisdiction, or dominion of a regent or vicarious ruler, or of a body of regents; deputed or vicarious government.
 3. A body of men intrusted with vicarious government; as, a regency constituted during a king's minority, absence from the kingdom, or other disability.
    A council or regency consisting of twelve persons.   --Lowth.

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