regency

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the period of time during which a regent governs
  2. noun the period from 1811-1820 when the Prince of Wales was regent during George III's periods of insanity
  3. noun the office of a regent

Etymology

From Middle English regencie (cf. regente), from Medieval Latin regentia, from Latin regēns, present participle of regō. By surface analysis, regent + -cy; compare also + -ency (“abstract-noun suffix”).

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