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Answer for the clue "The office of a regent ", 7 letters:
regency

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
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 ...

WordNet Word definitions in 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 ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And Joachim was swiftly ousted when Sophia established her regency . ▪ Elsewhere, he was made acutely aware of the contrast between the colonial regency houses and the ugly jungle bungalows and villas. ▪ Ferdinand believed Godoy ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in 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.

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.