regency
noun/ˈriːdʒənsi/
/ˈriːdʒənsi/
(plural regencies)
- a period of government by a regent (= a person who rules a country in place of the king or queen)Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin regentia, from Latin regent- ‘ruling’, from the verb regere.
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