interregnum.

1. A period between the end of one ruler’s reign or government and the establishment of the next.

2. An interval between established stages, administrations, or arrangements.

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Words that belong together

• political interregnum
• during the interregnum

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The council governed during the interregnum.

The interregnum ended with the coronation.

Rival claimants prolonged the political interregnum.

Usage notes

Primary category: fantasy. Forms: Singular interregnum; plural interregnums or interregna. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.