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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Regency  \Re"gen*cy\  (r?*jen*s?),  n.;  pl  {Regencies}  (-s?z). 
  [CF.  F.  r['e]gence,  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. 




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