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regency

[ree-juhn-see] / ˈri dʒən si /
NOUN
regime
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STRONG


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When he became king in 1995 a regency, including the queen mother, was established until Oyo turned 18 when there was an official coronation.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Images broadcast on Indonesian television showed hundreds of people in nearby Nagekeo regency evacuating the area from among the rubble of damaged buildings.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

Margo Price said "Love to see it" while Kacey Musgraves workshopped a few puns around the regency of Crow.

From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2025

The furnace was located inside a nickel processing-based industrial area under the management of PT Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park, known as PT IMIP, in Morowali regency of Central Sulawesi province.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2024

"Was it the regency? Has my brother named you Protector?"

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

They were spotted entering the regencies of Lhokseumawe, East Aceh, Pidie, Aceh Besar and Sabang in north Aceh province.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2023

There were in that period two regencies, two emperors, and no less than 74 presidents and acting presidents.

From Time Magazine Archive

All the civil wars in France arose from the hereditary system; they were either produced by hereditary claims, or by the imperfection of the hereditary form, which admits of regencies or monarchy at nurse.

From Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): the Rights of Man by Moncure Daniel Conway

The regencies of our cities, and among others Amsterdam, seem to take part with the Court, which is allied with and friendly to England.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX by Jared Sparks

—Crown, rules of succession, 613; regencies, 613-614; powers, 614-615.

From The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg


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