meaning of regency
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.
3. A body of men intrusted with vicarious government; as, a regency constituted during a kings minority, absence from the kingdom, or other disability.
4. the office of a regent
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