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regency

/ˈɹiːd͡ʒənsi/ noun C2
  1. A system of government that substitutes for the reign of a king or queen when that king or queen becomes unable to rule. (countable, uncountable) · The country was governed by a regency while the king was still a minor.
  2. The time during which a regent is in power. (countable, uncountable) · The prince served as regent during the regency.· during the regency
  3. An administrative division ranking below a province in Indonesia. (countable, uncountable)

Plural regencies

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In the last century, however, four successive heirs were of a dissolute and wasteful disposition, and the family ruin was eventually completed by a gambler in the days of the Regency.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 39 · B2
A dim line of ancestors, in every variety of dress, from the Elizabethan knight to the buck of the Regency, stared down upon us and daunted us by their silent company.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 72 · C1

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