The Collaborative International Dictionary
Interregnums
Interregnum \In`ter*reg"num\, n.; pl. Interregnums. [L., fr. inter between + regnum dominion, reign. See Reign, and cf. Interreign.]
The time during which a throne is vacant between the death or abdication of a sovereign and the accession of his successor.
Any period during which, for any cause, the executive branch of a government is suspended or interrupted.
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interregnums
n. (plural of interregnum English)
Usage examples of "interregnums".
And while democracy in Pakistan has been a series of unstable interregnums between military rule, India has been democratic for almost fifty years.