regency
IPA: rˈidʒʌnsi
noun
- A system of government that substitutes for the reign of a king or queen when that king or queen becomes unable to rule.
- The time during which a regent is in power.
- An administrative division ranking below a province in Indonesia.
- (historical) The regency of George Augustus Frederick of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, before he became King George IV; that is, the period in United Kingdom history in which he ruled as prince regent (1811–1820).
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Examples of "regency" in Sentences
- He began the new regency.
- When was the regency in China
- He had the power during the regency.
- It is also the capital of the regency.
- People were suffered during the regency.
- The regency has started in 15th century.
- For the Regency, the situation was desperate.
- The Balinese came to the regency in the 1960s.
- The very type and exemplar of the feeling of the regency.
- The citizens revolted against the King during the regency.
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