Interregnum
[,intә'regnәm]
Definition
(n.) The time during which a throne is vacant between the death or abdication of a sovereign and the accession of his successor.
(n.) Any period during which, for any cause, the executive branch of a government is suspended or interrupted.
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Definition
n. the time between two reigns: the time between the cessation of one and the establishment of another government: any breach of continuity in order &c.—n. In′terreign (Bacon).
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The period during which a monarchical country is governed by a warm spot on the cushion of the throne. The experiment of letting the spot grow cold has commonly been attended by most unhappy results from the zeal of many worthy persons to make it warm again.
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Examples
- The interregnum has been long, both as to time and distance. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- This interregnum has lasted as long as that between the fall of the Western Empire and the crowning of Charlemagne in Rome. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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