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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Interregnum \In`ter*reg"num\, n.; pl {Interregnums}. [L., fr inter between + regnum dominion, reign. See {Reign}, and cf {Interreign}.] 1. The time during which a throne is vacant between the death or abdication of a sovereign and the accession of his successor. 2. Any period during which for any cause the executive branch of a government is suspended or interrupted. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: interregnum n : the time between two reigns, governments, etc From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: INTERREGNUM, n. The period during which a monarchical country is governed by a warm spot on the cushion of the throne. The experiment of letting the spot grow cold has commonly been attended by most unhappy results from the zeal of many worthy persons to make it warm again
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