"regency" meaning in English

See regency in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɹiːd͡ʒənsi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-regency.wav [Southern-England] Forms: regencies [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃reǵ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|regencie}} Middle English regencie, {{m|enm|regente}} regente, {{der|en|ML.|regentia}} Medieval Latin regentia, {{der|en|la|regēns}} Latin regēns, {{m|la|regō}} regō, {{surf|en|regent|-cy}} By surface analysis, regent + -cy, {{suffix|en||-ency|t2=abstract-noun suffix}} + -ency (“abstract-noun suffix”) Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (system of government): ռեգենտություն (ṙegentutʻyun) (Armenian), խնամակալություն (xnamakalutʻyun) (Armenian), регентство (regentstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), regència [feminine] (Catalan), vladařství [neuter] (Czech), regentskab [neuter] (Danish), regentschap [neuter] (Dutch), régence [feminine] (French), rexencia [feminine] (Galician), Regentschaft [feminine] (German), kabupaten (Indonesian), leasríocht [feminine] (Irish), reggenza [feminine] (Italian), 摂政 (sesshō) (Japanese), lhiass-reeaght [feminine] (Manx), regencja [feminine] (Polish), regência [feminine] (Portuguese), ре́гентство (régentstvo) [neuter] (Russian), regencia [feminine] (Spanish), regentskap [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-regency-en-noun-I3dJtXNF Disambiguation of 'system of government': 90 8 2
  2. The time during which a regent is in power. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-regency-en-noun-a-5T9Ry0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -cy, English terms suffixed with -ency Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 63 23 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 66 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cy: 11 73 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ency: 11 73 16
  3. An administrative division ranking below a province in Indonesia. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-regency-en-noun-~IsK8YQr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: regent, regal, regalia, coregency, interregnum

Inflected forms

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