interregnum – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
interregnum
n.
period of time between the end of one king's rule and the beginning of the next, time when a country has no ruler or official government; freedom from some authority; pause, interval
Interregnum
An
interregnum (plural
interregna or
interregnums) is a period of discontinuity or "gap" in a government, organization, or social order. Archetypally, it was the period of time between the reign of one monarch and the next (coming from Latin
inter-, "between" and
regnum, "reign" [from
rex, regis, "king"]), and the concepts of interregnum and
regency therefore overlap.
interregnum
Noun
1. the time between two reigns, governments, etc.
(hypernym) interim, lag
interregnum (het)
n.
interregnum, period of time between the end of one king's rule and the beginning of the next, time when a country has no ruler or official government; freedom from some authority; pause, interval
Interregnum
(n.)
The time during which a throne is vacant between the death or abdication of a sovereign and the accession of his successor.
(n.)
Any period during which, for any cause, the executive branch of a government is suspended or interrupted.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
