Category:Regency

Re"gen*cy (r*jen*s), n.; pl. Regencies (-s. Etym: [cf. F. régence, Ll. regentia. See regent, a.]

1. The office of ruler; rule; authority; government.

2. Especially, the office, jurisdiction, or dominion of a regent or Vicarious ruler, or of a body of regents; deputed or vicarious Government. Sir w. Temple.

3. A body of men intrusted with vicarious government; as, a regency Constituted during a king's minority, absence from the kingdom, or Other disability. A council or regency consisting of twelve persons. Lowth.