Interregnum — meaning in English
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English meaning
- interregnum noun A period of time between the end of one monarch's reign and the accession of their successor.
Senses
Interregnum is used for these senses in English:
- interregnum The period of time between the end of a sovereign or political leader's reign and the accession of another.
interregnum — full definition
- noun A period of time between the end of one monarch's reign and the accession of their successor.
- noun A break in continuity; a gap, an intermission.
- noun A period of time between when a minister or pastor leaves a church and when a new one is installed.
- noun A period of time between the end of one political leader's term and the start of the term of their successor; a period of time during which normal executive leadership is interrupted or suspended, and a polity is either left without leadership or has only a temporary one.