regency.

1. The office, authority, or period of rule of someone governing for a monarch who cannot rule personally.

2. The British period associated with the Prince Regent, especially 1811–1820, and styles connected with it.

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Words that belong together

• regency council
• during the regency

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The regency began while the heir was a child.

A council supervised the regency.

The charter restricted the regency’s powers.

Usage notes

Primary category: fantasy. Forms: Singular regency; plural regencies. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.