Crossword clues for regency
regency
- Interim government
- Rule by governing board
- (England) the Regency was the period from 1811-1820 when the Prince of Wales was regent during George III's periods of insanity
- The office of a regent
- Body of proxy rulers
- 1811 to 1820 in Britain
- Georgian post-Reformation clergymen left mass out
- Years from 1811 to 1820 during George III's periods of insanity
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Regency \Re"gen*cy\ (r?*jen*s?), n.; pl. Regencies (-s?z).
The office of ruler; rule; authority; government.
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.-
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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). Compare French equivalent Régence, attested in English from 1919. U.S. Albany Regency refers to dominant political faction in New York state c.1820-1850.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A system of government that substitutes for the reign of a king or queen when that king or queen becomes unable to rule. 2 The time during which a regent is in power.
WordNet
adj. of or relating to a regency
of or relating to or characteristic of the style (especially the style of furniture) favored during the Regency (1811-1820)
n. the period of time during which a regent governs
the period from 1811-1820 when the Prince of Wales was regent during George III's periods of insanity
the office of a regent
Wikipedia
Regency is the rule of a regent.
Regency may also refer to:
- British Regency, 1811–20
- Regency architecture, the architecture of the period
- Regency romance, a novel genre set in the period
- Régence, France 1715–23
- Hōjō Regency, during the Kamakura shogunate in Japan
- Regency (Indonesia), class of administrative subdivision inherited from the Regentschap of Dutch indirect rule
- Albany Regency, a political faction in the state of New York, c. 1820–50
- Regency (Jesuit), a three-year period of training for candidates to the Society of Jesus, during which the men live in and share the work of a local community of the Order.
Regency is a neighborhood in Omaha, Nebraska. Bound by West Dodge Road, South 96th Street, Pacific Street and Interstate 680, the development was the first major real estate development funded by Mutual of Omaha.
Regency is home to a premier office park and the upscale One Pacific Place shopping area, and borders the Westroads Mall. The neighborhood features green space, walking paths along with the Regency Park and Regency Lake and Tennis Club. The neighborhood is also bounded by Omaha's Cancer Survivor's Park.
The neighborhood is home to many of Omaha's wealthy citizens, including Vinod Gupta, the founder of InfoUSA. Consequently, the neighborhood has been home to a variety of political campaigning in the past.
The regency is a period lasting two to three years during the formation of a candidate to the Society of Jesus following his initial admission to the Society during the two years of novitiate. During this time, the men are expected to be fully involved in the apostolic work and community life of the Society.
Men are assigned to either two or three years of regency, depending on their age, the apostolic needs of the Provinces of the Society, and the individual apostolic desires of the candidate. The experience of the Society is that about 50% of the men are assigned to high schools and 30% to universities, while the other 20% work in social and pastoral ministries.
The Regency is a greyhound competition held at (Hove). It was inaugurated in 1948 and was originally a competition for British Bred Greyhounds only before switching to all-comers. The event immediately attracted interest with 161 British Bred litters in the first year and over 200 litters in the 1949 edition and has remained a significant event.
Usage examples of "regency".
On the dressing table, ably guarded by a dark Regency armchair cushioned in yet another floral, sat an assemblage of antique silver-hair accessories and crystal perfume flacons, the grouping flanked by two small lamps, everything centered around a gold Empire vanity mirror.
I learned from Dessolles, who, as I have stated, was present at the conference in his rank of commander of the National Guard of Paris, that the Marshals were unanimous in urging Alexander to accede to a Regency.
This was a subterfuge, by the aid of which he intended to open new negotiations respecting the form and conditions of the Regency of his son, in case of the Allied sovereigns acceding to that proposition.
There were no Regency bucks there tonight, however, just a couple of dozen ageing rockers with a fascinating array of bimbettes on their knees, arms or various other parts of their anatomy.
Regency chair at the head of a long antique mahogany dining table in the Great Chamber at Cleaver Hall.
As we have expressed earlier, while Lord Jecks and other respected lords of Defalk have reluctantly endorsed the expediency of a prolonged Regency, as did we, our initial concerns about the continuity of such an arrangement remain, especially about the use of the liedgeld.
Ebra or Ranuak suggesting that the position of weapons smith to the Regency for the Lord of Defalk is open?
Regency, and that he sketches the scenes and persons of his eclogue not from life, but from memory.
It was on Drumm Street, within pitching distance of the Hyatt Regency and the moribund Embarcadero Freeway, and I had been occupying it just about as long as I had known Kerry.
On that day, too, William declared in council that he had appointed the same regency which had governed the kingdom during his last absence, and embarking on the seventh at Margate, arrived at Orange-Polder in the evening, under convoy of vice-admiral Aylmer.
As that abdication left Holland for twelve years under a regency, that is to say, under the direct influence of the Emperor, according to the terms of the constitution, there was no need of that union for executing every measure he might have in view against trade and against England, since his will was supreme in Holland.
At last, they came to a small saloon, hung with red damask, in which the principal article of furniture was a tall mirror of the French regency period, set on a gilt console and framed by a pair of bronze girandoles bearing clusters of lighted candles.
Malipiero had told me of certain events which had happened during the regency, and M.
It had gone out of fashion since the time of the Regency, but my companion may have shone in it in those days.
Regency of Sirius, containing Lepper, is allied to the Republic of Nikkeldepain by commercial and military treaties of considerable value.