regency

See also: Regency

English

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.

Related terms

• regent
• regal
• regalia
• coregency

Translations

system of government

• 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