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Webster 1913 Edition
Regency
Re′gen-cy
(r?-jen-s?)
, Noun.
pl.
Regencies
(-s[GREEK]z)
. 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.
Sir W. Temple.
3.
A body of men intrusted with vicarious government;
as, a
. regency
constituted during a king’s minority, absence from the kingdom, or other disabilityA council or
regency
consisting of twelve persons. Lowth.