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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 re·gen·cy /ˈriʤən(t)si/
 攝政統治,攝政權,攝政統治區

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 regency
      adj 1: of or relating to a regency
      2: of or relating to or characteristic of the style (especially
         the style of furniture) favored during the Regency
         (1811-1820)
      n 1: the period of time during which a regent governs
      2: the period from 1811-1820 when the Prince of Wales was
         regent during George III's periods of insanity
      3: the office of a regent