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interregnum

noun
/ɪntəˈɹɛɡnəm/UK/ˌɪntəɹˈɹɛɡnəm/US

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin interrēgnum, from inter- (prefix meaning ‘between’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér (“between”)) + rēgnum (“reign; royal power”) (nominalized from the neuter of *rēgnus, from rēx (“king; ruler”, oblique stem rēg-) + -nus (suffix forming adjectives), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to righten; to straighten”)). The plural form interregna is a learned borrowing from Latin interrēgna.

  1. learned borrowing from interrēgna
  2. derived from *h₃reǵ-✻ — “to righten; to straighten”
  3. derived from *h₁entér✻ — “between”
  4. learned borrowing from interrēgnum

Definitions

  1. A period of time between the end of one monarch's reign and the accession of their…

    A period of time between the end of one monarch's reign and the accession of their successor.

    • The Sasanian Interregnum of 628–632

  2. A break in continuity

    A break in continuity; a gap, an intermission.

    • Between the end of the Fowler régime in 1931 and the advent of Stanier in 1932, there was a short interregnum during which Ernest Lemon was in charge, with Ernest Beames as his principal aide-de-camp.

  3. A period of time between when a minister or pastor leaves a church and when a new one is…

    A period of time between when a minister or pastor leaves a church and when a new one is installed.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A period of time between the end of one political leader's term and the start of the term…

      A period of time between the end of one political leader's term and the start of the term of their successor; a period of time during which normal executive leadership is interrupted or suspended, and a polity is either left without leadership or has only a temporary one.

      • Darker questions still emerge in these dusky final weeks of our interregnum.

    2. A temporary exercise of authority or rule during a period of time when there is no…

      A temporary exercise of authority or rule during a period of time when there is no monarch or political leader.

    3. Ellipsis of British Interregnum, the period of 1649–1660 when an unmonarchical state…

      Ellipsis of British Interregnum, the period of 1649–1660 when an unmonarchical state ruled Britain; the monarchy was then restored.

      • Meronyms: Commonwealth; Commonwealth of England; Protectorate; Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland

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Derived

interregnal

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