資料來源 : pyDict
攝政統治,攝政權,攝政統治區
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Regency \Re"gen*cy\ (r?*jen*s?), n.; pl. {Regencies} (-s?z).
[CF. F. r['e]gence, LL. regentia. See {Regent}, a.]
1. The office of ruler; rule; authority; government.
2. 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.
3. 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.
資料來源 : WordNet®
regency
adj 1: of or relating to a regency
2: of or relating to or characteristic of the style (especially
the style of furniture) favored during the Regency
(1811-1820)
n 1: the period of time during which a regent governs
2: the period from 1811-1820 when the Prince of Wales was
regent during George III's periods of insanity
3: the office of a regent