Word forms: regencieslanguage note: The spelling Regency is usually used for meaning [sense 1].
1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Regency is used to refer to the period in Britain at the beginning of the nineteenth century, and to the style of architecture, literature, and furniture that was popular at the time.
...a huge, six-bedroomed Regency house.
...the Regency period.
2. countable noun
A regency is a period of time when a country is governed by a regent, because the king or queen is unable to rule.