regency
regency is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accession
- agency
- agent
- agentship
- and
- appointment
- assignment
- attorney
- authority
- bird
- brevet
- captive
- capture
- charge
- charter
- clerkship
- close
- commission
- consignee
- consignment
- coronation
- custody
- delegate
- delegation
- deputation
- deputy
- designation
- diploma
- doing
- durance
- embassy
- enthronement
- errand
- exequatur
- hostage
- inauguration
- inmate
- installation
- investiture
- jail
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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