- (a.) The office of ruler; rule; authority; government.
- (a.) 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.) Especially, the office, jurisdiction or dominion of a regent or vicarious ruler or of a body of regents; deputed or vicarious government.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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