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Regency synonyms

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regime
The period during which a particular administration or system prevails.
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  1. The period during which a particular administration or system prevails.
  2. A particular administration or government
  3. A form of government or rule; political system
rule
An established or prescribed standard for action; an authoritative principal; the general norm for conduct in a specific kind of situation; a principle, standard, or regulation that governs the internal workings of a court or an agency. An established or prescribed standard for action; an authoritative principal; the general norm for conduct in a specific kind of situation; a principle, standard, or regulation that governs the internal workings of a court or an agency.
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  1. An established or prescribed standard for action; an authoritative principal; the general norm for conduct in a specific kind of situation; a principle, standard, or regulation that governs the internal workings of a court or an agency. An established or prescribed standard for action; an authoritative principal; the general norm for conduct in a specific kind of situation; a principle, standard, or regulation that governs the internal workings of a court or an agency.
  2. The period of reigning of a particular ruler or government
  3. A statute or regulation governing the court process:
authority
Persons, esp. in government, having the power or right to enforce orders, laws, etc.
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  1. Persons, esp. in government, having the power or right to enforce orders, laws, etc.
  2. Power to influence or persuade resulting from knowledge or experience:
  3. The power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge.
Find another word for regency. In this page you can discover 5 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for regency, like: regime, rule, authority, dominion and power.

Sentence Examples

  • Under the regency of his old master, Demetrius Phalereus, Dinarchus exercised much political influence.

  • He created a regency in Lisbon, and departed for Brazil on the 29th of November 1807, accompanied by the queen Donna Maria I., the royal family, all the great officers of state, a large part of the nobility and numerous retainers.

  • After the death of Margaret, Charles appointed his sister Mary, the widowed queen of Hungary, to the regency, and for twenty years she retained her post, until the abdication Mary of in fact of Charles V.

  • Ferdinand, Philip's son, who succeeded under Dutillot's regency in 1765, saw his states occupied by the revolutionary forces of France in 1796, and had to purchase his lifeinterest with 6,000,000 lire and 25 of the best paintings in Parma.

  • and Mary to take over Mary's regency on account of her failing health.

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