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Synonyms for regency

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ree-juh n-see
Phonetic Transcription : ˈri dʒən si


Définition of regency

Origin :
  • early 15c., "government by regents," from Medieval Latin regentia, from Latin regens (see regent). Notable instances were: France 1715-1723 (under Philip, Duke of Orleans), Britain 1811-1820 (under George, Prince of Wales, Prince Regent), "in each case with suggestion of debauchery" [Weekley]. In reference to the style of that time, attested from 1880 (there is an unexplained use in Jane Austen from 1793). Cf. French equivalent Régence, attested in English from 1919. U.S. Albany Regency refers to dominant political faction in New York state c.1820-1850.
  • noun regime
Example sentences :
  • A regency was proposed; and six physicians were called in to act in consultation.
  • Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson
  • The power of the council of the regency and its composition fell.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
  • I speak here only of his conduct since the establishment of the regency.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
  • On leaving the Regency, he came back to Ryder Street and dressed for dinner.
  • Extract from : « The Education of Eric Lane » by Stephen McKenna
  • They exercise daily, and have petitioned to be authorised by their Regency.
  • Extract from : « The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX » by Various
  • But the Council of Regency will no doubt take a different view.
  • Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
  • The Council of Regency will, no doubt, have been informed of all the circumstances.
  • Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
  • I gathered, sir, that he was to be sacrificed to the Council of Regency—a sort of scapegoat.
  • Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
  • He had taken her into the swim of the Regency, and his purse had not held out.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • If the weather be too cold or too wet, I take shelter in the Regency coffee-house.
  • Extract from : « Diderot and the Encyclopdists » by John Morley

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