an interval between two reigns, governments, incumbencies, etc
2.
any period in which a state lacks a ruler, government, etc
3.
a period of absence of some control, authority, etc
4.
a gap in a continuity
Derived forms
interregnal (ˌinterˈregnal)
adjective
Word origin
C16: from Latin, from inter- + regnumreign
Examples of 'interregna' in a sentence
interregna
However, as time unfolded the interregna became shorter and less disruptive.
Peter Turchin 2015, 'Strange Parallels: Patterns in Eurasian Social Evolution', Journal of World-Systems Researchhttp://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/jwsr/article/view/405. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This overall trend was not monotonic; it was periodically interrupted by interregna periods of state breakdown and territorial fragmentation.
Peter Turchin 2015, 'Strange Parallels: Patterns in Eurasian Social Evolution', Journal of World-Systems Researchhttp://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/jwsr/article/view/405. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)