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‖ interregnum|ɪntəˈrɛgnəm|
Pl. -regna, -regnums.
[L., f. inter (inter- 3) + regnum reign n.; cf. next.]
†1. Temporary authority or rule exercised during a vacancy of the throne or a suspension of the usual government. Obs.
1579–80North Plutarch (1612) 63 The Romaines call this manner of regiment in vacation Interregnum: as you would say, rule for the time. 1600Holland Livy i. 13 The governement upon this occasion was (as is still at this day) called Interregnum. [Margin] The Interregencie. 1641Sir E. Dering Sp. on Relig. 21 June ix. D iv b, As one government goes out, I could see another come in, and that without an Interregnum of Commissioners. 1770Langhorne Plutarch (1879) I. 69/2 This occasional administration the Romans call an Interregnum.
2. The interval between the close of a king's reign and the accession of his successor; any period during which a state is left without a ruler or with a merely provisional government.
1590L. Lloyd Consent of Time 31 The Hebrewes had none to gouerne them 8 yeeres after (so long inter regnum continued). 1649Roberts Clavis Bibl. 228 There was an Inter-regnum or vacancie of the Royal seat in Judah. 1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v., In hereditary kingdoms, as England, there are properly no interregnums. 1765Blackstone Comm. I. xviii. 470 The king..is made a corporation to prevent in general the possibility of an interregnum or vacancy of the throne. 1888Bryce Amer. Commw. I. xxvi. 397 Such a risk of interregna is incidental to all systems.
3. A cessation or suspension of the usual ruling power; a period of freedom from some authority. Also fig.
1648W. Jenkyn Blind Guide Pref. A ij b, All that time was an interregnum of his reason. 1656Cowley Misc., Chronicle ix, Thousand worse Passions then possest The Inter-regnum of my Breast. Bless me from such an Anarchy. 1832Lewis Use & Ab. Pol. Terms v. 38 A day's interregnum of lawlessness—during which the Sovereign slept. 1879Farrar St. Paul I. 153 They were at the moment enjoying a sort of interregnum from Roman authority.
4. A breach of continuity; an interval, pause, vacant space.
1659T. Pecke Parnassi Puerp. 30 But all the Inter⁓regnum, she was chaste: Yet not for vertue's Love, but her own sake. 1750H. Walpole Lett. to Mann 19 Nov., Such is the Interregnum of our politics! 1829Lytton Disowned xvi, One could be merry till bed-time without an inter⁓regnum. 1860Maury Phys. Geog. Sea (Low) xvi. §699 The coming of this interregnum which they call the changing of the monsoons. |