Interregnum Definition

ĭntər-rĕgnəm
interregna, interregnums
noun
An interval between two successive reigns, when the state has no sovereign.
Webster's New World
A suspension of governmental or administrative functions; period without the usual ruler, governor, etc.
Webster's New World
Any break in a series or in a continuity; interval.
Webster's New World

A period of time during which normal executive leadership is suspended or interrupted.

Wiktionary
An intermission in any order of succession; any breach of continuity in action or influence.
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Other Word Forms of Interregnum

Noun

Singular:
interregnum
Plural:
interregna, interregnums

Origin of Interregnum

  • From Latin inter- "between" + the accusative of regnum (which is regnum) meaning "reign", "power" or "kingdom". Literally meaning "between reign" or "between kingdom".

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin inter- inter- rēgnum reign reign

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Interregnum Sentence Examples

  • He was now one of the most powerful sovereigns of Europe, for besides ruling over Provence and Anjou and the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, he was imperial vicar of Tuscany, lord of many cities of Lombardy and Piedmont, and as the pope's favourite practically arbiter of the papal states, especially during the interregnum between the death of Clement IV.

  • During the ensuing interregnum he powerfully contributed, at the head of the nobles of Funen and Jutland, to the election of Christian III.

  • But, although the relation of reason to an external authority thus constitutes the badge of medieval thought, it would be unjust to look upon Scholasticism as philosophically barren, and to speak as if reason, after an interregnum of a thousand years, resumed its rights at the Renaissance.

  • This duoregnum proved even more injurious to Hungary than the dreaded interregnum.

  • He returned briefly to cover an interregnum in 1946.

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Words Starting With

IININT

Words Ending With

MUMNUM

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Words Starting With I and Ending With M

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