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