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.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of regency English)
Usage examples of "regencies".
The abuses redressed by this constitution were still subsisting after the death of Clotharius I and were even carried to their highest extravagance during the weak reign of Gontram, the cruel administration of Chilperic, and the execrable regencies of Fredegonda and Brunehaut.